---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing the Washington code of military justice so that it includes certain protections for victims of an offense while serving within the organized militia of Washington."
description: "Changing the Washington code of military justice so that it includes certain protections for victims of an offense while serving within the organized militia of Washington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2417"
citation: "Washington HB 2417 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keaton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee0ae5e0-bab6-429e-b44c-b68c39e67938"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2417&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ee6b4228b189a5730597260958ebddcf25f0b03514ab252698b40b1fbbfffb90"
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 2417 (2025-2026) — Changing the Washington code of military justice so that it includes certain protections for victims of an offense while serving within the organized militia of Washington.

## 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/2417.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2417.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keaton — primary (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Stuebe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-28** TEDV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 8:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-11** Chapter 28, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-11** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee0ae5e0-bab6-429e-b44c-b68c39e67938`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).