---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning recertification of public bodies using alternative contracting methods."
description: "Concerning recertification of public bodies using alternative contracting methods."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2052"
citation: "Washington HB 2052 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC WORKS", "SUNSET REVIEW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buys"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97db725c-747f-4ede-9012-2d24f1f8197c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2052&year=2017"
source_hash: "2eae17a089caf67b79444a374af2776c6a8b6f17140be5616876a0efc4269730"
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 2052 (2017-2018) — Concerning recertification of public bodies using alternative contracting methods.

## 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/2052.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#48) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buys — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** CB - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** 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 State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 211, 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/97db725c-747f-4ede-9012-2d24f1f8197c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).