---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events."
description: "Relating to making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 3002"
citation: "Washington HB 3002 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TITLE ONLY BILLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ormsby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1b6e8d8-eff1-4aab-ad02-371784cac610"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=3002&year=2017"
source_hash: "2b8e30cfeb379d6399078722c7fc20cb6e6b5f902f9729e5513364c06b39515a"
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 3002 (2017-2018) — Relating to making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events.

## 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/3002.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/3002-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#15) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ormsby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-03-03** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-03-03** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-03-05** Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-03-03** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-03-03** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-03-05** Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 51; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-03-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-03-07** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-03-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** 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 274, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-27** Effective date 3/27/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1b6e8d8-eff1-4aab-ad02-371784cac610`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).