---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the maintenance and operations of parks and recreational land acquired through the conservation futures program."
description: "Concerning the maintenance and operations of parks and recreational land acquired through the conservation futures program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1820"
citation: "Washington HB 1820 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OUTDOOR RECREATION", "PUBLIC LANDS", "PARKS", "TAXES - PROPERTY TAX", "CONSERVATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Volz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86a98327-9d5b-4a42-8d17-7b07061f208a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1820&year=2017"
source_hash: "bfdde62ed5d7c3da7b658cbd004316563719f49bf99794595fa7d3e25c04cecf"
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 1820 (2017-2018) — Concerning the maintenance and operations of parks and recreational land acquired through the conservation futures 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/1820.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1820-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#15) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Volz — primary (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Koster — cosponsor (person)
- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Finance.
- **2017-02-23** FIN - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Agriculture & Natural Resources.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-14** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Finance.
- **2017-02-23** FIN - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Agriculture & Natural Resources.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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.
- **2017-04-04** 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`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 148, 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/86a98327-9d5b-4a42-8d17-7b07061f208a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).