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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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125 lines
6.8 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse."
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description: "Concerning the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "HB 1618"
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citation: "Washington HB 1618 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Farivar"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-26"
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last_action: "2024-03-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5eb5f38c-320a-4bbc-8332-115f0391c735"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1618&year=2023"
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source_hash: "60bb569da2439f18b2dc7a11d58d3e63b2e61a4942ca250d53b35c4cf797575f"
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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 1618 (2023-2024) — Concerning the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse.
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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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1618.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1618-S2.E.htm)
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3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1618-S2.htm)
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4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1618-S2.PL.htm)
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5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1618-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#43) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **82–14** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Farivar — primary (person)
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- Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Walen — cosponsor (person)
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- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-26** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2023-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2023-02-03** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2023-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-02-07** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
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- **2023-02-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-02-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2023-02-22** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-02-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
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- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 6:00 PM.
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- **2023-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-22** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-03-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-03-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:30 PM.
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- **2023-04-04** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
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- **2023-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
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- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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- **2024-01-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-25** Returned to second reading for amendment.
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- **2024-01-25** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2024-01-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-29** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-15** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-15** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-01** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-26** Chapter 253, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-26** Effective date 6/6/2024. `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/5eb5f38c-320a-4bbc-8332-115f0391c735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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