republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1281.md

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Bill	Modifying the appointment process for trustees of rural county library districts in counties with one million or more residents.	Modifying the appointment process for trustees of rural county library districts in counties with one million or more residents.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1281	Washington HB 1281 (2017-2018)	bill	LIBRARIES	enacted	Fitzgibbon	1	19	2	2017-01-16	2017-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/a5895e70-b5a5-42df-aaaa-485597b9d4a6	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1281&year=2017	5e8a0245bc7200399b41167eba910245b8e64b95881a1fcb3680d3a0bbd3c245	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1281 (2017-2018) — Modifying the appointment process for trustees of rural county library districts in counties with one million or more residents.

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 (#15) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#2) — 82–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fitzgibbon — primary (person)
• Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-02 LG - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-02 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-07 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-10 First reading, referred to Local Government. reading-1
• 2017-03-23 LGOV - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-27 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-04 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-10 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-10 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-04-14 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-17 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-18 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-27 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-27 Chapter 134, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-27 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5895e70-b5a5-42df-aaaa-485597b9d4a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).