republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2576.md

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Bill	Allowing fire protection district annexations and mergers within a reasonable geographic proximity.	Allowing fire protection district annexations and mergers within a reasonable geographic proximity.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2576	Washington HB 2576 (2017-2018)	bill	FIRE PROTECTION	enacted	Griffey	2	25	2	2018-01-10	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/9c4ef7f7-9ef3-494b-a40f-26de01d953a5	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2576&year=2017	66f12e7e1a5282da3341e63c7f6d3d1151004fb3960b673459252d95dddff05c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2576 (2017-2018) — Allowing fire protection district annexations and mergers within a reasonable geographic proximity.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#28) — 90–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Griffey — primary (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Springer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-01-23 LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-23 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-25 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-01-26 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-08 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-23 LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-23 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-25 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-01-26 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-08 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-10 First reading, referred to Local Government. reading-1
• 2018-02-20 LGOV - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-21 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-26 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-05 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-09 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-09 Chapter 28, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-09 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c4ef7f7-9ef3-494b-a40f-26de01d953a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).