republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1907.md

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

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 abandoned cemeteries.	Concerning abandoned cemeteries.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1907	Washington HB 1907 (2017-2018)	bill	ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT HUMAN REMAINS FUNERAL AND CEMETERY BOARD	enacted	Orcutt	1	18	2	2017-02-02	2017-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/019aeb7a-35db-42f2-bece-31591138a783	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1907&year=2017	571d71f59a061e27db849e622f71341b8809de9f5ec0c1246d1faac5410d63c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1907 (2017-2018) — Concerning abandoned cemeteries.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#14) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Orcutt — primary (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
• McDonald — cosponsor (person)
• Van Werven — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-02 First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-08 SEIT - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-13 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-06 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-09 First reading, referred to State Government. reading-1
• 2017-03-29 SGOV - 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
• 2017-04-18 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-05 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-05 Chapter 208, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-05 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/019aeb7a-35db-42f2-bece-31591138a783. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).