---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a donation program for resident disabled veterans to receive hunting and fishing licenses."
description: "Establishing a donation program for resident disabled veterans to receive hunting and fishing licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2342"
citation: "Washington HB 2342 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "VETERANS", "HUNTING", "FISHING", "FISH AND WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-29"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/795144fa-445e-4f15-a2ca-29da3adc8f36"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2342&year=2017"
source_hash: "22b8d78d87ff435331fc1206e0e647896c4c59914afaa50a94e52967b7091cec"
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 2342 (2017-2018) — Establishing a donation program for resident disabled veterans to receive hunting and fishing licenses.

## 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/2342.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2342-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#3) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-29** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-16** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-16** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 90, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** 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/795144fa-445e-4f15-a2ca-29da3adc8f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).