---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning vehicle dealer licensing."
description: "Concerning vehicle dealer licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2808"
citation: "Washington HB 2808 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98f06b05-9581-4e43-9baa-29783b22d455"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2808&year=2017"
source_hash: "e7ad139605975b5df7863ad7fac5b760cef799a2fff3417deb6c6b4977990e7c"
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 2808 (2017-2018) — Concerning vehicle dealer licensing.

## 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/2808.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2808.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#5) — **96–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kirby — primary (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** BFS - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter 273, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-27** Effective date 7/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98f06b05-9581-4e43-9baa-29783b22d455`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).