---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending existing telecommunications authority to all ports in Washington state in order to facilitate public-private partnerships in wholesale telecommunications services and infrastructure."
description: "Extending existing telecommunications authority to all ports in Washington state in order to facilitate public-private partnerships in wholesale telecommunications services and infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2664"
citation: "Washington HB 2664 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PORT DISTRICTS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dye"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33162f58-2191-4483-8f71-463dc32a8322"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2664&year=2017"
source_hash: "c54e131a454012418de624777de1a4afc999f7e4f955728cad6739830dd47676"
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 2664 (2017-2018) — Extending existing telecommunications authority to all ports in Washington state in order to facilitate public-private partnerships in wholesale telecommunications services and infrastructure.

## 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/2664.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2664-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#12) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage without Senate Amendments (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#45) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dye — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-01** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** EENT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 169, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33162f58-2191-4483-8f71-463dc32a8322`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).