---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the release of wild beavers."
description: "Concerning the release of wild beavers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1257"
citation: "Washington HB 1257 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WILDLIFE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kretz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7e845bb-9750-4781-a24e-ba7a818e1736"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1257&year=2017"
source_hash: "0e9e969a211bc791b2bdf3ab6b91830a08ba137bf07cffad3cbbac55893c38fd"
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 1257 (2017-2018) — Concerning the release of wild beavers.

## 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/1257.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1257-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#10) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kretz — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Buys — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-31** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** NRP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter 82, 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/a7e845bb-9750-4781-a24e-ba7a818e1736`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).