---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing industrial hemp from the scope of the uniform controlled substances act."
description: "Removing industrial hemp from the scope of the uniform controlled substances act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2064"
citation: "Washington HB 2064 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "FARMS AND FARMING", "DRUGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shea"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74621b6c-4a98-4d51-b162-ca22f5037bdd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2064&year=2017"
source_hash: "de723957d64fb049586434922eb63e01a8dfe0563b3fdc53d15a6c296a1651f2"
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 2064 (2017-2018) — Removing industrial hemp from the scope of the uniform controlled substances act.

## 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/2064.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#29) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shea — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Buys — cosponsor (person)
- Condotta — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** COG - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 153, 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/74621b6c-4a98-4d51-b162-ca22f5037bdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).