---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning campaign finance law enforcement and reporting."
description: "Concerning campaign finance law enforcement and reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2938"
citation: "Washington HB 2938 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION", "AUDITOR", "STATE", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudgins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05f8a598-2e47-4949-800c-04f727d785cc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2938&year=2017"
source_hash: "991701bdd8795d1aeb8d00899f1899e26cf59f65f1ace1bc51d1dd3f2c4adf85"
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 2938 (2017-2018) — Concerning campaign finance law enforcement and reporting.

## 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/2938.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2938-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2938-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#52) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#8) — **94–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hudgins — primary (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by State Government, Elections & Information Technology.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-02** SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by State Government, Elections & Information Technology.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-03** Passed final passage; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-28** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2018-03-28** Chapter 304, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-28** 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/05f8a598-2e47-4949-800c-04f727d785cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).