---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhancing the fish, shellfish, and wildlife-related recreational opportunities for a person with a disability."
description: "Enhancing the fish, shellfish, and wildlife-related recreational opportunities for a person with a disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2649"
citation: "Washington HB 2649 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREARMS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "HUNTING", "FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION", "FISHING", "FISH AND WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT", "SHELLFISH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barkis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9761adb-6658-4369-8d8f-0434c2d07e84"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2649&year=2017"
source_hash: "9771b75d4e9a5331204941a40366314c19a6749413a1bb6abf72c4be5a721f30"
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 2649 (2017-2018) — Enhancing the fish, shellfish, and wildlife-related recreational opportunities for a person with a disability.

## 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/2649.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barkis — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Nealey — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wilcox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** AGNR - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-10** 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.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 168, 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/e9761adb-6658-4369-8d8f-0434c2d07e84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).