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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Directing the state conservation commission to conduct a study of urban agricultural opportunities and barriers in the state."
+description: "Directing the state conservation commission to conduct a study of urban agricultural opportunities and barriers in the state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1552"
+citation: "Washington HB 1552 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2023-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95d113c2-d381-47ef-b9ce-e604825c416f"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1552&year=2023"
+source_hash: "8a07044a2955a2f3c8190668aff30d41d3eca56f2dbc3916a223563f9594929a"
+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 1552 (2023-2024) — Directing the state conservation commission to conduct a study of urban agricultural opportunities and barriers in the state.
+
+## 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/1552.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1552.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Reeves — primary (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-02-03** AGNR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading suspension calendar by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-03-27** AWNP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-25** Chapter 178, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-04-25** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95d113c2-d381-47ef-b9ce-e604825c416f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+