republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/hb-1703.md

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Bill	Modernizing the statewide 911 emergency communications system.	Modernizing the statewide 911 emergency communications system.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	HB 1703	Washington HB 1703 (2021-2022)	bill	EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS TAXES - TELEPHONE ACCESS LINE USE TELECOMMUNICATIONS	enacted	Orwall	2	39	3	2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00	2022-12-27T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/83214e20-efc6-4679-a8f8-a8602c532ccf	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1703&year=2021	780f7499cf20f6d7fe7977e58fc314f77756b45398ad1c6f336b87470f080985	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1703 (2021-2022) — Modernizing the statewide 911 emergency communications system.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — 97–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 94–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Orwall — primary (person)
• Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
• Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Graham — cosponsor (person)
• Griffey — cosponsor (person)
• Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
• Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
• Paul — cosponsor (person)
• Ryu — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-27T05:00:00+00:00 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development. reading-1
• 2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM.
• 2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 CED - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
• 2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
• 2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 22). substitution
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. reading-1
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 SGE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 203, 2022 Laws. became-law
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 6/9/2022. became-law
• 2022-01-12T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
• 2022-01-14T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 08:00 AM
• 2022-01-24T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
• 2022-01-27T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
• 2022-02-16T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
• 2022-02-18T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83214e20-efc6-4679-a8f8-a8602c532ccf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).