---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning election security practices around auditing and equipment."
description: "Concerning election security practices around auditing and equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2406"
citation: "Washington HB 2406 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudgins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e69fe9a-8559-4d7b-a529-ea744d23fe6d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2406&year=2017"
source_hash: "04bb4a2fb5f6b9024b854eee7deb455d7fa4e30946d5f74afdf488086cdba1ba"
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 2406 (2017-2018) — Concerning election security practices around auditing and equipment.

## 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/2406.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2406-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2406-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#34) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#33) — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hudgins — primary (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-23** SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; 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 with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Rules suspended.
- **2018-03-06** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2018-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 218, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** 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/9e69fe9a-8559-4d7b-a529-ea744d23fe6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).