---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding access to commercial fishing opportunities."
description: "Expanding access to commercial fishing opportunities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1062"
citation: "Washington HB 1062 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISHING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4da67e08-d578-437c-853f-ae2f20d9f95b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1062&year=2019"
source_hash: "4b862348f3d9518d8e3026795f50f533f72a5d5f80244047142a9e80baa3f9e7"
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 1062 (2019-2020) — Expanding access to commercial fishing opportunities.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1062.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#10) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake — primary (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** RDAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 200, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-29T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-02T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4da67e08-d578-437c-853f-ae2f20d9f95b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).