---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting an open internet in Washington state."
description: "Protecting an open internet in Washington state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2282"
citation: "Washington HB 2282 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTERS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "CONSUMER PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-13"
last_action: "2018-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01cba890-b97c-46d2-aee2-373ac3d780b5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2282&year=2017"
source_hash: "403a2843835707aba510d5d90bd144c1b98ef832d0988a16e7f4ac0204d20a04"
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 2282 (2017-2018) — Protecting an open internet in Washington state.

## 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/2282.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2282-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#9) — **93–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lytton — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-13** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Technology & Economic Development.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-25** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Technology & Economic Development.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** EENT - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-05** Chapter 5, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-05** 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/01cba890-b97c-46d2-aee2-373ac3d780b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).