---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning electric security alarm systems."
description: "Concerning electric security alarm systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1688"
citation: "Washington HB 1688 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parshley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40eeeea5-f02f-49f6-b0c4-890cf9aae4b1"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1688&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ebda5875b92683dae0243ccae5db3c53d316d12bb4f0a59aa95b4091d444ca9f"
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 1688 (2025-2026) — Concerning electric security alarm systems.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1688.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1688-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1688-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1688-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#13) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parshley — primary (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-07** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (LG 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2025-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-06** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** LGV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-16** Chapter 67, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-16** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40eeeea5-f02f-49f6-b0c4-890cf9aae4b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).