---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the eligibility of emergency medical technicians for membership in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2."
description: "Addressing the eligibility of emergency medical technicians for membership in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2202"
citation: "Washington HB 2202 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS", "HOSPITALS", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Manweller"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-12"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e61650c-b467-4aa9-9941-4983dc7f0d55"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2202&year=2017"
source_hash: "a70626a28e169d0a09608afaec95b267b6b80f8a99040b1a00b0aac68cad755d"
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 2202 (2017-2018) — Addressing the eligibility of emergency medical technicians for membership in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2.

## 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/2202.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2202-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#3) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Manweller — primary (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-12** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-04-14** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Placed on second reading.
- **2017-04-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-04-14** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Placed on second reading.
- **2017-04-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-04-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** First Reading.
- **2017-04-20** Held at the Desk.
- **2017-04-20** Rules suspended.
- **2017-04-20** Placed on second reading.
- **2017-04-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 309, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** 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/4e61650c-b467-4aa9-9941-4983dc7f0d55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).