republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1503.md

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Bill	Preventing unfunded mandates involving on-site sewage systems from affecting local governments and property owners.	Preventing unfunded mandates involving on-site sewage systems from affecting local governments and property owners.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1503	Washington HB 1503 (2017-2018)	bill	WATER POLLUTION HEALTH DEPARTMENTS LOCAL SEWAGE AND SEWERS GROWTH MANAGEMENT	enacted	Short	3	26	2	2017-01-23	2017-04-21	openstates	ocd-bill/8485883d-40c1-4c1d-85d6-8a9a3bfd1840	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1503&year=2017	a362716ced937b4de2215eb8cbde732af75c83b68de15fe3207b5dea7eaa667a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1503 (2017-2018) — Preventing unfunded mandates involving on-site sewage systems from affecting local governments and property owners.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#18) — 91–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Short — primary (person)
• Buys — cosponsor (person)
• Haler — cosponsor (person)
• Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
• Kraft — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Van Werven — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23 First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-16 ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-16 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-03 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-08 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-16 ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-16 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-03 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-08 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-08 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-10 First reading, referred to Local Government. reading-1
• 2017-03-28 LGOV - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-29 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-04 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-05 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-04-10 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-11 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-17 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-21 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-21 Chapter 105, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-21 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8485883d-40c1-4c1d-85d6-8a9a3bfd1840. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).