republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-1599.md

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Bill	Concerning court files and records exemptions for firearm background checks.	Concerning court files and records exemptions for firearm background checks.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 1599	Washington HB 1599 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Goodman	2	26	3	2023-01-26	2023-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/7366e4ac-f963-4944-8037-145ed870b4e3	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1599&year=2023	f480aaf5dd302743d5c7add283f26fdfae4e8422c122a1559f85f096f66fd381	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1599 (2023-2024) — Concerning court files and records exemptions for firearm background checks.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#39) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Goodman — primary (person)
• Berry — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Ramel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-26 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. reading-1
• 2023-02-01 Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
• 2023-02-07 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
• 2023-02-10 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
• 2023-02-10 CRJ - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-14 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2023-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2023-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2023-03-07 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2023-03-23 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
• 2023-03-28 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2023-03-28 LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2023-03-30 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2023-04-06 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2023-04-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2023-04-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2023-04-14 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2023-04-14 Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. passage
• 2023-04-17 Speaker signed. passage
• 2023-04-18 President signed. passage
• 2023-04-19 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2023-05-04 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2023-05-04 Chapter 298, 2023 Laws. became-law
• 2023-05-04 Effective date 7/23/2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7366e4ac-f963-4944-8037-145ed870b4e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).