---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing commercial fishing license fees for nonresidents."
description: "Increasing commercial fishing license fees for nonresidents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6317"
citation: "Washington SB 6317 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISHING", "FISH AND WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a8935a9-29fa-4dfc-9694-1e8e2825f708"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6317&year=2017"
source_hash: "a5b766cbe796a17783b0d464792820c7a6b02d1287a4124435bac200adefc4ca"
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 SB 6317 (2017-2018) — Increasing commercial fishing license fees for nonresidents.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/6317.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6317-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **82–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Van De Wege — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-22** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-03-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-03-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-03-06** Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 235, 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/6a8935a9-29fa-4dfc-9694-1e8e2825f708`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).