---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for the coordination of continuity of operations efforts for elections."
description: "Providing for the coordination of continuity of operations efforts for elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2528"
citation: "Washington HB 2528 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY DEPARTMENT", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudgins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba83840-be70-4df0-9c5c-5e9a2e122840"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2528&year=2017"
source_hash: "ecf0593af255909a10472a84ef78845d25af46a91a9b1b895e4a868d01b16e09"
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 2528 (2017-2018) — Providing for the coordination of continuity of operations efforts for elections.

## 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/2528.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2528-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#32) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hudgins — primary (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-02** 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`
- **2018-01-30** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-02** 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, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `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 26, 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/5ba83840-be70-4df0-9c5c-5e9a2e122840`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).