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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating a community-based approach to provide assistance with nonlethal management methods to reduce livestock depredations by wolves."
+description: "Creating a community-based approach to provide assistance with nonlethal management methods to reduce livestock depredations by wolves."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2126"
+citation: "Washington HB 2126 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "LIVESTOCK", "WILDLIFE", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blake"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-17"
+last_action: "2017-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ae044c3-203e-4fc6-b5bf-454afe2e1a86"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2126&year=2017"
+source_hash: "688e7945cf8603220cc392bb07ac43915da7fe16848ef3321338b5a4f0f53f80"
+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 2126 (2017-2018) — Creating a community-based approach to provide assistance with nonlethal management methods to reduce livestock depredations by wolves.
+
+## 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/2126.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2126-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2126-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage (#16) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blake — primary (person)
+- Wilcox — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-17** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-06** 1st 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 with amendment(s).
+- **2017-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Natural Resources & Parks.
+- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-08** Chapter 257, 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/7ae044c3-203e-4fc6-b5bf-454afe2e1a86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+