republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2406.md

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Bill	Concerning election security practices around auditing and equipment.	Concerning election security practices around auditing and equipment.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2406	Washington HB 2406 (2017-2018)	bill	BUSINESSES SECRETARY OF STATE ELECTIONS	enacted	Hudgins	3	40	4	2018-01-05	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/9e69fe9a-8559-4d7b-a529-ea744d23fe6d	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2406&year=2017	04bb4a2fb5f6b9024b854eee7deb455d7fa4e30946d5f74afdf488086cdba1ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2406 (2017-2018) — Concerning election security practices around auditing and equipment.

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

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#34) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#33) — 97–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hudgins — primary (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-05 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2018-01-08 First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-01-23 SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-23 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-01-25 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-23 SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-23 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-01-25 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-15 First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. reading-1
• 2018-02-23 SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-23 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-26 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections.
• 2018-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-27 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-28 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2018-02-28 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-28 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
• 2018-03-06 Senate receded from amendments.
• 2018-03-06 Rules suspended.
• 2018-03-06 Returned to second reading for amendment.
• 2018-03-06 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-03-07 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2018-03-07 Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-22 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-22 Chapter 218, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-22 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e69fe9a-8559-4d7b-a529-ea744d23fe6d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).