---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning utility easements on state-owned aquatic lands."
description: "Concerning utility easements on state-owned aquatic lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1001"
citation: "Washington HB 1001 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES", "PUBLIC LANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/873bcb10-1b56-48f9-b39b-2288864db77e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1001&year=2017"
source_hash: "22a56906fd073598a6ad96979774af4905369e4a68a51c9de9ac5ae109620e88"
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 1001 (2017-2018) — Concerning utility easements on state-owned aquatic lands.

## 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/1001.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#4) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morris — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2017-01-09** First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-19** TED - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-15** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** EET - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-17** Chapter 19, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-17** 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/873bcb10-1b56-48f9-b39b-2288864db77e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).