---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the limited authority of gambling commission officers."
description: "Clarifying the limited authority of gambling commission officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1475"
citation: "Washington HB 1475 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAMBLING COMMISSION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1ef306a-4e20-4733-8682-1c68e6f7a9df"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1475&year=2017"
source_hash: "36a00d42bb8690e62ce3e2902dd89135e6bff5f254812ecb5d47d5eaca0746b4"
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 1475 (2017-2018) — Clarifying the limited authority of gambling commission officers.

## 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/1475.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#42) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **41–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** CLS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter 111, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-25** 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/e1ef306a-4e20-4733-8682-1c68e6f7a9df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).