---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting octopus farming."
description: "Prohibiting octopus farming."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1153"
citation: "Washington HB 1153 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd285dcc-e4c9-4245-b700-335034251933"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1153&year=2023"
source_hash: "3585d39cc3f552787093e3ab4ee9592743f74f0a1cbef3a2c8098f0273683d2a"
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 1153 (2023-2024) — Prohibiting octopus farming.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1153.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1153.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **70–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peterson — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-17** AGNR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-19** AWNP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 45, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd285dcc-e4c9-4245-b700-335034251933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).