---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning civil legal aid."
description: "Concerning civil legal aid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2308"
citation: "Washington HB 2308 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LEGAL AID", "OFFICE", "LOW-INCOME PERSONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jinkins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfd80e3b-1f50-4af0-8e9c-d76e263cd5f4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2308&year=2017"
source_hash: "d6463cb7d80896dba3ed4ec42308796b011c83ac6fe68c935d1fea48eb680917"
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 2308 (2017-2018) — Concerning civil legal aid.

## 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/2308.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2308-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#42) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#2) — **86–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jinkins — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-05** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Judiciary.
- **2018-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-23** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-05** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Judiciary.
- **2018-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-16** 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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 21, 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/cfd80e3b-1f50-4af0-8e9c-d76e263cd5f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).