---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning concealed pistol license eligibility requirements."
description: "Concerning concealed pistol license eligibility requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2519"
citation: "Washington HB 2519 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/857b2ce6-bee2-4ac3-9cf7-7f51efdc5053"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2519&year=2017"
source_hash: "e8ae1b73dd39f04c72a0a698cbb8309476ec987b5a970c5e13859e72d4645e4f"
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 2519 (2017-2018) — Concerning concealed pistol license eligibility requirements.

## 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/2519.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2519.E.htm)

## Votes

- 742 Wilson Pg 3 Ln 11 (#45) — **24–24** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#2) — **37–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#13) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#22) — **69–28** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#46) — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2018-03-07** Senate insists on its position and asks House for a conference.
- **2018-03-07** Conference committee appointed. Senators Pedersen, Padden, Dhingra.
- **2018-03-07** Conference committee request granted.
- **2018-03-07** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Jinkins, Lovick, Taylor.
- **2018-03-07** Conference committee report; received 5:30 PM 3/7/2018.
- **2018-03-07** Conference committee report; received 5:40 PM 3/7/2018.
- **2018-03-07** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2018-03-07** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- **2018-03-08** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2018-03-08** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 1; excused, 0.
- **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 226, 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/857b2ce6-bee2-4ac3-9cf7-7f51efdc5053`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).