---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote."
description: "Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2595"
citation: "Washington HB 2595 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SECRETARY OF STATE", "LEGISLATURE", "RECORDS", "STUDIES", "NAMED ACTS", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "ELECTIONS", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "INSURANCE", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "IDENTIFICATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudgins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 55
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6a7cfe7-c609-4944-8fbb-97badaf372f3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2595&year=2017"
source_hash: "4e9fcf26577010bb4e526b53031752106f79dec04d81b7480b36ec0a201a4f9e"
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 2595 (2017-2018) — Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote.

## 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/2595.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2595-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2595-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2595-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- 946 Irwin Pg 9 Ln 28 (#40) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **50–48** (pass) · lower
- 950 Stokesbary Pg 2 Ln 9 (#37) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
- 945 Irwin Pg 4 Ln 28 (#38) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage (#42) — **50–48** (pass) · lower
- 948 Harmsworth Pg 5 Ln 12 (#39) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 947 Irwin Pg 9 Ln 28 (#41) — **47–51** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **29–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hudgins — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Transportation.
- **2018-02-06** TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-30** SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Transportation.
- **2018-02-06** TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-06** TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-12** 2nd 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, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-20** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-21** Referred to Transportation.
- **2018-02-26** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **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 not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** 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, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-19** Chapter 110, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-19** 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/d6a7cfe7-c609-4944-8fbb-97badaf372f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).