republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1612.md

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Bill	Creating a suicide-safer homes project account to support prevention efforts and develop strategies for reducing access to lethal means. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Creating a suicide-safer homes task force and project to support prevention efforts and develop strategies for reducing access to lethal means. )	Creating a suicide-safer homes project account to support prevention efforts and develop strategies for reducing access to lethal means. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Creating a suicide-safer homes task force and project to support prevention efforts and develop strategies for reducing access to lethal means. )	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1612	Washington HB 1612 (2017-2018)	bill	PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS FIREARMS MENTAL HEALTH COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES DRUGS HEALTH DEPARTMENT	enacted	Orwall	4	47	3	2017-01-25	2017-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/05e456f9-eebe-40f3-bc35-45736765622a	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1612&year=2017	54d2bd1203fd5017905b9da79134b3dc2521c5f514ec829315c6caec6d857c13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1612 (2017-2018) — Creating a suicide-safer homes project account to support prevention efforts and develop strategies for reducing access to lethal means. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Creating a suicide-safer homes task force and project to support prevention efforts and develop strategies for reducing access to lethal means. )

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — 82–13 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#33) — 88–9 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36) — 47–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Orwall — primary (person)
• Fey — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Haler — cosponsor (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
• Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-25 First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-16 JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-16 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-02-22 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-03 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-16 JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-16 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-02-22 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-03 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-22 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-03 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-03 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-03 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-03 Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-07 First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. reading-1
• 2017-03-20 HSMH - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-20 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2017-04-04 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-04-04 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-04-04 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-11 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2017-04-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-17 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2017-04-17 Passed final passage; yeas, 82; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 3. passage
• 2017-04-19 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-20 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-21 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-10 Governor partially vetoed. executive-veto-line-item
• 2017-05-10 Chapter 262, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-10 Effective date 7/23/2017*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05e456f9-eebe-40f3-bc35-45736765622a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).