---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating procedures for the redemption of certain vehicles that are towed from accident scenes by registered tow truck companies when the vehicle owner is admitted as a patient in a hospital due to the accident."
description: "Creating procedures for the redemption of certain vehicles that are towed from accident scenes by registered tow truck companies when the vehicle owner is admitted as a patient in a hospital due to the accident."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2058"
citation: "Washington HB 2058 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "TOWING AND TOW TRUCKS", "NAMED ACTS", "TRAFFIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harmsworth"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1accc47a-f43b-41bd-848d-80491795685d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2058&year=2017"
source_hash: "67691d2ce88d71086994f79b9e5512d0f67b1b001f4d005cfffa30ce8a652d14"
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 2058 (2017-2018) — Creating procedures for the redemption of certain vehicles that are towed from accident scenes by registered tow truck companies when the vehicle owner is admitted as a patient in a hospital due to the accident.

## 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/2058.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2058-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#26) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harmsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-21** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 152, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-27** 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/1accc47a-f43b-41bd-848d-80491795685d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).