---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning secondary commercial fish receivers."
description: "Concerning secondary commercial fish receivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5306"
citation: "Washington SB 5306 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISHING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca863725-a640-4f40-8df9-49251913aac2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5306&year=2017"
source_hash: "d16787305f8f4aa90e4827e43034ad6746b950c78cb71cb8a38be626beec55ae"
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 SB 5306 (2017-2018) — Concerning secondary commercial fish receivers.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5306.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#13) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-19** First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** NRP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** AGNR - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter 89, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-20** 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/ca863725-a640-4f40-8df9-49251913aac2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).