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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Exempting certain law enforcement officers from the hunter education training program."
+description: "Exempting certain law enforcement officers from the hunter education training program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1944"
+citation: "Washington HB 1944 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HUNTING", "FIREARMS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "FISH AND WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Condotta"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-03"
+last_action: "2017-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89437266-326c-411d-9f6f-a1d216d876e7"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1944&year=2017"
+source_hash: "261ab049b38702fd82703c27d72a913fc27f4f64c3c3718c9cfb7efdd783868a"
+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 1944 (2017-2018) — Exempting certain law enforcement officers from the hunter education training program.
+
+## 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/1944.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1944-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#33) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Condotta — primary (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-03** 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`
+- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-16** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **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`
+- **2017-03-21** NRP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-20** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-08** Chapter 255, 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/89437266-326c-411d-9f6f-a1d216d876e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+