---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing the population requirement in a consortium of counties in order to operate a juvenile correctional facility."
description: "Reducing the population requirement in a consortium of counties in order to operate a juvenile correctional facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1983"
citation: "Washington HB 1983 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS", "JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dye"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f00d9134-1bab-4b9d-816b-cf011b607112"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1983&year=2017"
source_hash: "959cfa96b0bfe7f9ab3280328175fe128652f3f76f1ab45d480c2129e858ec78"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1983 (2017-2018) — Reducing the population requirement in a consortium of counties in order to operate a juvenile correctional facility.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1983.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#17) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dye — primary (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** ELHS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** HSMH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-10** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** Chapter 278, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-10** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f00d9134-1bab-4b9d-816b-cf011b607112`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).