---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning court filing fees."
description: "Concerning court filing fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1532"
citation: "Washington HB 1532 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ormsby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84e55193-df0a-4c7c-adc9-a9e417c871e5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1532&year=2021"
source_hash: "03ecf721a522fdb16cc9e115f457ba991df224b7523f0d5be5cda90dc04f5d4d"
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 1532 (2021-2022) — Concerning court filing fees.

## 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/1532.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1532-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **63–35** (pass) · lower
- 502 Walsh Pg 3 Ln 3 (#8) — **41–57** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **37–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ormsby — primary (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 21). `substitution`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 303, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/1/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-03-15T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-03-18T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-04-10T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 08:00 AM
- **2021-04-12T13:00:00+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/84e55193-df0a-4c7c-adc9-a9e417c871e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).