---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the definition of veteran."
description: "Addressing the definition of veteran."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2701"
citation: "Washington HB 2701 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS", "MILITARY", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0dd6bcd-ca8f-4647-9312-a8e060277cc9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2701&year=2017"
source_hash: "1d940a8def39a5bea2487dd1a1b8b375248945a5a7b6227540175f94bd9acfcd"
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 2701 (2017-2018) — Addressing the definition of veteran.

## 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/2701.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2701-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2701-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#30) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bergquist — primary (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Lytton — cosponsor (person)
- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.
- **2018-02-06** 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`
- **2018-01-25** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.
- **2018-02-06** 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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **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`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 61, 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/b0dd6bcd-ca8f-4647-9312-a8e060277cc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).