---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning issuance of search warrants by district and municipal court judges."
description: "Concerning issuance of search warrants by district and municipal court judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2752"
citation: "Washington HB 2752 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUDGES", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfbbb285-b69b-4ab9-abac-6318cb21f2b1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2752&year=2017"
source_hash: "6dc1eab93354286edb72b4183551a99ffeadd98e1f435345a635605054961a2b"
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 2752 (2017-2018) — Concerning issuance of search warrants by district and municipal court judges.

## 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/2752.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2752-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#12) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-29** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-23** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-29** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; 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 50, 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/dfbbb285-b69b-4ab9-abac-6318cb21f2b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).