---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reporting lost or stolen firearms."
description: "Reporting lost or stolen firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1903"
citation: "Washington HB 1903 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2e2223b-4ee0-48c2-a7b3-07577a9150b5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1903&year=2023"
source_hash: "66a24508471d38e93a4ac5c1b9d33864ce0a0cfd1baf2ae2e86e4a7913d8c29f"
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 1903 (2023-2024) — Reporting lost or stolen firearms.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1903.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1903-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1903-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 851 Griffey Pg 3 Ln 4 (#40) — **47–50** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#33) — **29–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berry — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2024-03-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 286, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2e2223b-4ee0-48c2-a7b3-07577a9150b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).