---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning parental rights and responsibilities of sexual assault perpetrators and survivors."
description: "Concerning parental rights and responsibilities of sexual assault perpetrators and survivors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1543"
citation: "Washington HB 1543 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "WOMEN", "VICTIMS OF CRIMES", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doglio"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71c3d0ec-61ab-4fef-a1f0-1040bd721ec1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1543&year=2017"
source_hash: "e5a1f1d677df943edfc352afeeb85798c1d351b92aca3f24bc004a591caf90e6"
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 1543 (2017-2018) — Concerning parental rights and responsibilities of sexual assault perpetrators and survivors.

## 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/1543.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1543-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#11) — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Doglio — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — 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`
- **2017-02-09** JUDI - 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`
- **2017-02-09** JUDI - 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, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 234, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/71c3d0ec-61ab-4fef-a1f0-1040bd721ec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).