---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the applicability of RCW 70.345.080 to only vapor products."
description: "Clarifying the applicability of RCW 70.345.080 to only vapor products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2038"
citation: "Washington HB 2038 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jenkin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d721ed08-9a1c-4925-a43a-db120870f345"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2038&year=2017"
source_hash: "e18bce5396c2cd4eecf091f49249981b7f7343c5a8b938c761850c468982ae4a"
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 2038 (2017-2018) — Clarifying the applicability of RCW 70.345.080 to only vapor products.

## 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/2038.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#18) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jenkin — primary (person)
- Condotta — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** COG - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-16** 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, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** CLS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 210, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/d721ed08-9a1c-4925-a43a-db120870f345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).