---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing revenue to the state wildlife account by increasing commercial fishing license fees and streamlining wholesale fish dealing, buying, and selling requirements."
description: "Increasing revenue to the state wildlife account by increasing commercial fishing license fees and streamlining wholesale fish dealing, buying, and selling requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1597"
citation: "Washington HB 1597 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "COMMERCIAL VESSELS AND SHIPPING", "FISHING", "FISH AND WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT", "WILDLIFE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38e9f988-2acf-4eb1-9793-538c3a247bb2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1597&year=2017"
source_hash: "753a5fbba40fcdf2b83eb051632cccbdf49af7013771199f03cccd240963a645"
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 1597 (2017-2018) — Increasing revenue to the state wildlife account by increasing commercial fishing license fees and streamlining wholesale fish dealing, buying, and selling 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/1597.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1597-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1597-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#9) — **92–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Kretz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-28** Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-06-29** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-28** Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-06-29** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-06-29** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** First Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended.
- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading.
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-07-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-06** Chapter 8, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-07-06** Effective date 1/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38e9f988-2acf-4eb1-9793-538c3a247bb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).