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type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting the public from gun violence by establishing additional requirements for the business operations of licensed firearms dealers."
description: "Protecting the public from gun violence by establishing additional requirements for the business operations of licensed firearms dealers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2118"
citation: "Washington HB 2118 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db368413-f598-4bf3-b4b4-c9ad2923c0ca"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2118&year=2023"
source_hash: "3b19ba1ac21c35c8a51303f301ec865b1cfc178500309e74ddb582616509ad5c"
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 2118 (2023-2024) — Protecting the public from gun violence by establishing additional requirements for the business operations of licensed firearms dealers.
## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2118.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2118-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2118-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2118-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **56–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#37) — **28–21** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Walen — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 288, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** Effective date 7/1/2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db368413-f598-4bf3-b4b4-c9ad2923c0ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).