---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ordering a study to determine how to increase reporting and investigation of missing Native American women."
description: "Ordering a study to determine how to increase reporting and investigation of missing Native American women."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2951"
citation: "Washington HB 2951 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WOMEN", "INDIANS", "STUDIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mosbrucker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6936630f-27f2-4ee7-b7e7-b52412e479c6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2951&year=2017"
source_hash: "49a4aa9574fe9bb3cd1bd93b4bc6686463356b2da8c53892c51ab8d1973050b5"
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 2951 (2017-2018) — Ordering a study to determine how to increase reporting and investigation of missing Native American women.

## 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/2951.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2951-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#37) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mosbrucker — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Dye — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-01** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** 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.
- **2018-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-03** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 101, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** 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/6936630f-27f2-4ee7-b7e7-b52412e479c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).