---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing fire protection district annexations and mergers within a reasonable geographic proximity."
description: "Allowing fire protection district annexations and mergers within a reasonable geographic proximity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2576"
citation: "Washington HB 2576 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey"]
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/9c4ef7f7-9ef3-494b-a40f-26de01d953a5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2576&year=2017"
source_hash: "66f12e7e1a5282da3341e63c7f6d3d1151004fb3960b673459252d95dddff05c"
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 2576 (2017-2018) — Allowing fire protection district annexations and mergers within a reasonable geographic proximity.

## 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/2576.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2576-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#28) — **90–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-23** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-10** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-21** 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, 1; 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 28, 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/9c4ef7f7-9ef3-494b-a40f-26de01d953a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).