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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the department of veterans affairs."
description: "Concerning the department of veterans affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2582"
citation: "Washington HB 2582 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VETERANS", "VETERANS AFFAIRS", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a46bb97f-8669-4948-a50b-7912902eebe5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2582&year=2017"
source_hash: "e07a0e27d1236dd4dfded04f3a41f3858cda8dc3dff323ee0928c6af39423a9a"
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 2582 (2017-2018) — Concerning the department of veterans affairs.
## 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/2582.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **490** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#4) — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Reeves — primary (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** CDHT - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** On motion, referred to Rules.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 45, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a46bb97f-8669-4948-a50b-7912902eebe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).