republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1953.md

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Bill	Addressing maximum penalties under the Washington industrial safety and health act.	Addressing maximum penalties under the Washington industrial safety and health act.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1953	Washington HB 1953 (2017-2018)	bill	LABOR	enacted	Dolan	2	44	3	2017-02-06	2018-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/602a549b-036a-4ac5-9bc6-171179388083	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1953&year=2017	aed1b7230190bd5122f51d73447c61386a47a18288188abd4d8253cc0b7f766c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1953 (2017-2018) — Addressing maximum penalties under the Washington industrial safety and health act.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#22) — 52–45 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44) — 26–22 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#47) — 53–45 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dolan — primary (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Sells — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-06 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-16 LAWS - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-16 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-09 First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. reading-1
• 2017-03-23 CLS - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-23 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-03-27 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-03-29 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-04-24 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
• 2018-01-08 Referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
• 2018-01-09 LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-09 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-12 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-13 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-09 LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-09 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-12 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-13 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-13 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-13 Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-15 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2018-02-15 LBRC - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-15 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-16 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-26 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-21 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-21 Chapter 128, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-21 Effective date 1/1/2019. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/602a549b-036a-4ac5-9bc6-171179388083. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).