---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a prescribed burn certification program at the department of natural resources."
description: "Establishing a prescribed burn certification program at the department of natural resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2733"
citation: "Washington HB 2733 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT", "FOREST PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS", "FOREST LAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orcutt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa576c8a-5382-4446-9932-3b7935bd4fcb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2733&year=2017"
source_hash: "abbb35d56fd616d691cf83cae1e86d6a7e2d1667866ddebed392ff5ab8f018e1"
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 2733 (2017-2018) — Establishing a prescribed burn certification program at the department of natural resources.

## 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/2733.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2733-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#24) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orcutt — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Kretz — cosponsor (person)
- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Agriculture & Natural Resources.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill not substituted.
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** AWNP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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`
- **2018-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-06** 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 172, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
- **2018-02-01** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Agriculture & Natural Resources.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill not substituted.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa576c8a-5382-4446-9932-3b7935bd4fcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).