---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the expiration date for reporting requirements on timber purchases."
description: "Extending the expiration date for reporting requirements on timber purchases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "Washington HB 1148 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXES - PROPERTY TAX", "FOREST PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c6656a9-2ede-471d-9691-29a6673e614f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1148&year=2017"
source_hash: "acfb47d3b116e485c3581de741cacd1776927b68dd62048c40975373324e594c"
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 1148 (2017-2018) — Extending the expiration date for reporting requirements on timber purchases.

## 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/1148.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#7) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walsh — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** AGNR - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-10** First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** NRP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Chapter 55, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-01** 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/9c6656a9-2ede-471d-9691-29a6673e614f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).