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type: "Bill"
title: "Improving the business climate in this state by simplifying the administration of municipal general business licenses."
description: "Improving the business climate in this state by simplifying the administration of municipal general business licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2005"
citation: "Washington HB 2005 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lytton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4396e88-6bd7-4010-9f6d-4005dc775411"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2005&year=2017"
source_hash: "edf6bb864a58e4da4481dd49edb2f1fb02db07ccbc8748149f4f74af87ee2546"
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 2005 (2017-2018) — Improving the business climate in this state by simplifying the administration of municipal general business licenses.
## 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/2005.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2005.E.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage (#16) — **962** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **490** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lytton — primary (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Nealey — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-07** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** FIN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** CLS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-27** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-03-30** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Commerce, Labor & Sports.
- **2017-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 209, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/c4396e88-6bd7-4010-9f6d-4005dc775411`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).