---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defining veteran for the purpose of receiving certain benefits."
description: "Defining veteran for the purpose of receiving certain benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1369"
citation: "Washington HB 1369 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS", "VETERANS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a749ff75-f61e-4102-9894-c442a94a8a83"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1369&year=2017"
source_hash: "013f864e33f87476f6832fdce98c1827604aedf488c483c2407322ba4b809986"
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 1369 (2017-2018) — Defining veteran for the purpose of receiving certain benefits.

## 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/1369.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1369-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-07** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Chapter 97, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-21** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a749ff75-f61e-4102-9894-c442a94a8a83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).