---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting short-line railroads that haul nonfuel oils from oil spill contingency planning requirements."
description: "Exempting short-line railroads that haul nonfuel oils from oil spill contingency planning requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1136"
citation: "Washington HB 1136 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "OIL AND GAS", "RAILROADS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dye"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24024bd1-2f87-4048-9e20-398399e0d355"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1136&year=2017"
source_hash: "ca033b803dbf6d32a4787ffc652cc8b943d64ff077f7b51720eedfbd8cd362cc"
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 1136 (2017-2018) — Exempting short-line railroads that haul nonfuel oils from oil spill contingency planning requirements.

## 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/1136.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1136-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1136-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#37) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dye — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Buys — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Farrell — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Manweller — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Nealey — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-15** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** EET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `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 239, 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/24024bd1-2f87-4048-9e20-398399e0d355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).