---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning authorizations of proposals for emergency medical care and service levies."
description: "Concerning authorizations of proposals for emergency medical care and service levies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2627"
citation: "Washington HB 2627 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXES - PROPERTY TAX", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Springer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37dee2dd-8861-4e09-ad42-59386247bccf"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2627&year=2017"
source_hash: "4a54d2e1bb03443fe956f41a4cc643c5e867f7140fc01d3ec92f3701d80c9c0f"
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 2627 (2017-2018) — Concerning authorizations of proposals for emergency medical care and service levies.

## 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/2627.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2627-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **61–37** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#57) — **63–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Springer — primary (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **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`
- **2018-02-02** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **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, 63; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 61; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 136, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** 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/37dee2dd-8861-4e09-ad42-59386247bccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).