republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1794.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning the death investigations account.	Concerning the death investigations account.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1794	Washington HB 1794 (2017-2018)	bill	COUNTIES DEATH PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS COUNCIL	enacted	Klippert	1	21	2	2017-01-30	2017-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/99af5f10-0633-4266-91eb-f182763e816e	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1794&year=2017	e5c35353f0c768c80f7d6c7f81a2ed35eb98b23f06c29831b7f48806779f53c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1794 (2017-2018) — Concerning the death investigations account.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#14) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Klippert — primary (person)
• Jinkins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-30 First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-15 APP - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-08 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2017-03-29 LAW - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-29 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2017-03-29 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2017-04-04 WM - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-04-04 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-05 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-11 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-12 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-18 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-27 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-27 Chapter 146, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-27 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99af5f10-0633-4266-91eb-f182763e816e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).