---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing criminal background investigations for current and prospective employees and contractors with access to federal tax information."
description: "Authorizing criminal background investigations for current and prospective employees and contractors with access to federal tax information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2208"
citation: "Washington HB 2208 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXES", "GENERALLY", "FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "CONTRACTORS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudgins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-05"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ded63395-0ffd-4c88-a1d6-96f95a58d1e8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2208&year=2017"
source_hash: "f2b6653d71c96ab7b71af520489acc1f16079644a9c2b326627379c2eca99562"
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 2208 (2017-2018) — Authorizing criminal background investigations for current and prospective employees and contractors with access to federal tax information.

## 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/2208.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#49) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hudgins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-05** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-23** SEIT - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-09** Chapter 19, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-09** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ded63395-0ffd-4c88-a1d6-96f95a58d1e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).