---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting survivors of domestic assault from employment discrimination."
description: "Protecting survivors of domestic assault from employment discrimination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2661"
citation: "Washington HB 2661 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VICTIMS OF CRIMES", "SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "LABOR", "WOMEN", "DISCRIMINATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doglio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2020f215-32c5-4452-9e95-2afc58b7e149"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2661&year=2017"
source_hash: "6d90a38b75ad13e9bf1b217b4a346d7a7442193f094765072070d30d91c81ae1"
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 2661 (2017-2018) — Protecting survivors of domestic assault from employment discrimination.

## 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/2661.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#34) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doglio — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 47, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** 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/2020f215-32c5-4452-9e95-2afc58b7e149`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).