---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the forest riparian easement program."
description: "Concerning the forest riparian easement program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1531"
citation: "Washington HB 1531 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOREST LAND", "RIVERS AND STREAMS", "FOREST PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS", "AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc6b7c83-28f7-4139-af48-56013891dba8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1531&year=2017"
source_hash: "33b9df4e54f3ab69fcb9865cf20d2e087550ceea5d232a7743f77a94704f9e2a"
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 1531 (2017-2018) — Concerning the forest riparian easement program.

## 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/1531.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1531-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1531-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#33) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Koster — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-07** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** 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.
- **2017-03-30** 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`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 140, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-27** 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/cc6b7c83-28f7-4139-af48-56013891dba8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).