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