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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prioritizing lands to receive forest health treatments."
+description: "Prioritizing lands to receive forest health treatments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1711"
+citation: "Washington HB 1711 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT", "FOREST LAND"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kretz"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-01-26"
+last_action: "2017-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50aef862-4a65-48c0-8ab4-a1f5ca2fd49a"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1711&year=2017"
+source_hash: "6e7879f5deb6617034820d51c25220e59634e0866cf2c47dd2e390c5e71a3853"
+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 1711 (2017-2018) — Prioritizing lands to receive forest health treatments.
+
+## 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/1711.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1711-S2.E.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1711-S2.htm)
+4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1711-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage (#15) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kretz — primary (person)
+- Condotta — cosponsor (person)
+- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
+- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
+- Short — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-26** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-16** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-16** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-28** NRP - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2017-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-08** Chapter 248, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-05-08** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50aef862-4a65-48c0-8ab4-a1f5ca2fd49a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+