---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning medical certificate requirements for applicants and holders of commercial drivers' licenses and commercial learners' permits."
description: "Concerning medical certificate requirements for applicants and holders of commercial drivers' licenses and commercial learners' permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2696"
citation: "Washington HB 2696 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valdez"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47efa6a4-2d94-4874-9e04-9f3ca738e968"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2696&year=2017"
source_hash: "2e68b6fb64b8357b2c0618a4c504f5c1c660428957a3ec742fbadc9887c7f28f"
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 2696 (2017-2018) — Concerning medical certificate requirements for applicants and holders of commercial drivers' licenses and commercial learners' permits.

## 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/2696.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2696-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#39) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valdez — primary (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-31** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 2; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 49, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** Effective date 4/30/2019. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47efa6a4-2d94-4874-9e04-9f3ca738e968`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).