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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving public records administration."
description: "Improving public records administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1594"
citation: "Washington HB 1594 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "LEGISLATURE", "RECORDS", "STUDIES", "ARCHIVIST", "STATE", "AUDITORS AND AUDITING", "ARCHIVES", "COMPUTERS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McBride"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d27349b8-7d25-46a8-82b6-c5ada111cd6d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1594&year=2017"
source_hash: "3b1e2441149d01688dfaf2f19f4ab4752bd70fbba25973f09983c20312caaaa2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington HB 1594 (2017-2018) — Improving public records administration.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1594.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1594-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1594-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#20) — **80–18** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#31) — **79–18** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- McBride — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Koster — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Nealey — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** SEIT - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 79; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by State Government.
- **2017-04-03** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 80; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 303, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d27349b8-7d25-46a8-82b6-c5ada111cd6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).