---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting law enforcement and the public from persons who illegally attempt to obtain firearms."
description: "Protecting law enforcement and the public from persons who illegally attempt to obtain firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1501"
citation: "Washington HB 1501 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREARMS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "SHERIFFS AND POLICE CHIEFS", "WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF (WASPC)", "ORDERS OF COURT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0c4a9f4-24c9-49ab-b450-845bd287e4fc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1501&year=2017"
source_hash: "5988ac08a58c3bfe9a4daa217528ced03e7079d45c8b29608c45d94701c0e61a"
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 1501 (2017-2018) — Protecting law enforcement and the public from persons who illegally attempt to obtain 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1501.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1501-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **83–13** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#20) — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Judiciary.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Judiciary.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 84; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Law & Justice.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-20** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-20** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 83; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-10** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** Chapter 261, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-10** 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/e0c4a9f4-24c9-49ab-b450-845bd287e4fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).