---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning service animals."
description: "Concerning service animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2822"
citation: "Washington HB 2822 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLIND", "ANIMALS", "DEAF", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3ce4f8b-d1a9-436b-9595-9fc87bd50b86"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2822&year=2017"
source_hash: "4bec55e4fad3e9882521a66e99401eaef412f291a3131587767c0739d904eb88"
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 2822 (2017-2018) — Concerning service animals.

## 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/2822.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2822-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#10) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#48) — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-01** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-10** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 176, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** Effective date 1/1/2019. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3ce4f8b-d1a9-436b-9595-9fc87bd50b86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).