---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning state agency collection, use, and retention of biometric identifiers."
description: "Concerning state agency collection, use, and retention of biometric identifiers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2213"
citation: "Washington HB 2213 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "IDENTIFICATION", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-12"
last_action: "2017-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31edb6b8-7382-4c77-b042-99fa9d7b534e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2213&year=2017"
source_hash: "6ba6d71805b02285b52bb182a5652adacade5ec2f192997decdbbd78a4563281"
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 2213 (2017-2018) — Concerning state agency collection, use, and retention of biometric identifiers.

## 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/2213.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#25) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-12** First reading, referred to Rules Review. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-05-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-05-29** First Reading.
- **2017-05-29** Held at the Desk.
- **2017-06-13** Rules suspended.
- **2017-06-13** Placed on second reading.
- **2017-06-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-06-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-27** Chapter 1, 2017 Laws 2nd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-06-27** 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/31edb6b8-7382-4c77-b042-99fa9d7b534e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).