republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2595.md

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Bill	Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote.	Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2595	Washington HB 2595 (2017-2018)	bill	SECRETARY OF STATE LEGISLATURE RECORDS STUDIES NAMED ACTS DISABILITIES INDIVIDUALS WITH ELECTIONS HEALTH AND SAFETY PUBLIC DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES INSURANCE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT IDENTIFICATION	enacted	Hudgins	4	55	9	2018-01-10	2018-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/d6a7cfe7-c609-4944-8fbb-97badaf372f3	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2595&year=2017	4e9fcf26577010bb4e526b53031752106f79dec04d81b7480b36ec0a201a4f9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2595 (2017-2018) — Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36) — 27–21 (pass) · upper
• 946 Irwin Pg 9 Ln 28 (#40) — 48–50 (fail) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — 50–48 (pass) · lower
• 950 Stokesbary Pg 2 Ln 9 (#37) — 48–50 (fail) · lower
• 945 Irwin Pg 4 Ln 28 (#38) — 48–50 (fail) · lower
• Final Passage (#42) — 50–48 (pass) · lower
• 948 Harmsworth Pg 5 Ln 12 (#39) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• 947 Irwin Pg 9 Ln 28 (#41) — 47–51 (fail) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — 29–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hudgins — primary (person)
• Appleton — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Stonier — cosponsor (person)
• Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• Wylie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-01-30 SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-30 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-30 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-02 Referred to Transportation.
• 2018-02-06 TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-12 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-30 SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-30 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-30 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-02 Referred to Transportation.
• 2018-02-06 TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-12 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-06 TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-12 2nd 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, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-15 First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. reading-1
• 2018-02-20 SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-20 And refer to Transportation. referral-committee
• 2018-02-20 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-20 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-21 Referred to Transportation.
• 2018-02-26 TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 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 not adopted. amendment-failure
• 2018-02-28 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-02-28 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-28 Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 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, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-03-07 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2018-03-07 Passed final passage; yeas, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-19 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-19 Chapter 110, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-19 Effective date 6/7/2018*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6a7cfe7-c609-4944-8fbb-97badaf372f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).