---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning domestic violence."
description: "Concerning domestic violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1517"
citation: "Washington HB 1517 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC POLICY", "INSTITUTE FOR", "COURTS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "NAMED ACTS", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d523c94-6e9c-4e42-820d-f93d2541da03"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1517&year=2019"
source_hash: "cce011e215c08864ec8a3457ecb613bd101745e6e2307926d7d1e0fd2537100c"
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 1517 (2019-2020) — Concerning domestic violence.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1517.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1517-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1517-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1517-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#20) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#22) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodman — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-07** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-05** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Law & Justice.
- **2019-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 263, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019*. `became-law`
- **2019-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d523c94-6e9c-4e42-820d-f93d2541da03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).