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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing for recreational licensing of smelt, crawfish, and carp."
+description: "Providing for recreational licensing of smelt, crawfish, and carp."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1226"
+citation: "Washington HB 1226 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2024-03-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df365b6b-b3d0-4fad-a1e5-19c1f122494e"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1226&year=2023"
+source_hash: "c4a9a970f8d49003e52549528037cc12542d506ff8a275563770188a45695c49"
+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 1226 (2023-2024) — Providing for recreational licensing of smelt, crawfish, and carp.
+
+## 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/1226.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1226.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **56–39** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chapman — primary (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-01-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-01-27** AGNR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-01-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-01-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-13** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2024-01-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-26** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-19** Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-19** AWNP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-23** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2024-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2024-03-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-14** Chapter 77, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-14** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df365b6b-b3d0-4fad-a1e5-19c1f122494e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+