---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning notification of wildlife transfer, relocation, or introduction into a new location."
description: "Concerning notification of wildlife transfer, relocation, or introduction into a new location."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2276"
citation: "Washington HB 2276 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISH AND WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT", "WILDLIFE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eslick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-13"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21dd998d-b599-4d73-b184-599c91e36d42"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2276&year=2017"
source_hash: "de8a238f8a94fc68e4554e714c52fec4cf7787b9b3b26c4a37c840d64a8b0f25"
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 2276 (2017-2018) — Concerning notification of wildlife transfer, relocation, or introduction into a new location.

## 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/2276.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2276-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#32) — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eslick — primary (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-13** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-23** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-10** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** AWNP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 212, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21dd998d-b599-4d73-b184-599c91e36d42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).