---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing restrictions on the possession of weapons in certain locations."
description: "Establishing restrictions on the possession of weapons in certain locations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1630"
citation: "Washington HB 1630 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "FIREARMS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SENTENCES AND SENTENCING", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01837cd8-6878-41a8-92a2-d304bb49c3de"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1630&year=2021"
source_hash: "cad7a19b396aea3f3f3d6866a3d09d415354d6520563b4560dab0201e82d619c"
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 1630 (2021-2022) — Establishing restrictions on the possession of weapons in certain locations.

## 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/1630.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1630-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1630-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **28–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senn — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 9:30 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 106, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-12T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2022-01-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-21T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 09:30 AM
- **2022-02-24T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01837cd8-6878-41a8-92a2-d304bb49c3de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).