---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning Thurston county superior court judges."
description: "Concerning Thurston county superior court judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1167"
citation: "Washington HB 1167 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COURTS", "JUDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e33f1f1f-09a0-416b-9ea0-81ca19c152da"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1167&year=2021"
source_hash: "07a9c891cacf440a2032552389dc54a93b0da959915d466bdca6ef3287f23d1f"
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 1167 (2021-2022) — Concerning Thurston county superior court judges.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1167.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bateman — primary (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 9:30 AM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 63, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-26T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2021-01-29T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-16T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-15T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 09:30 AM
- **2021-03-18T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
- **2021-04-01T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-04-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e33f1f1f-09a0-416b-9ea0-81ca19c152da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).