republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2582.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 department of veterans affairs.	Concerning the department of veterans affairs.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2582	Washington HB 2582 (2017-2018)	bill	VETERANS VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT	enacted	Reeves	1	19	2	2018-01-10	2018-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a46bb97f-8669-4948-a50b-7912902eebe5	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2582&year=2017	e07a0e27d1236dd4dfded04f3a41f3858cda8dc3dff323ee0928c6af39423a9a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2582 (2017-2018) — Concerning the department of veterans affairs.

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 (#35) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#4) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Reeves — primary (person)
• Eslick — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
• MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-01-18 CDHT - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-01-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-01-25 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-09 First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. reading-1
• 2018-02-21 SGTE - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-21 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 On motion, referred to Rules.
• 2018-02-26 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-13 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-13 Chapter 45, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-13 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a46bb97f-8669-4948-a50b-7912902eebe5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).