---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning off-duty employment of fish and wildlife officers."
description: "Concerning off-duty employment of fish and wildlife officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1369"
citation: "Washington HB 1369 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46556b41-11dc-44b2-add0-8c2f32846bef"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1369&year=2023"
source_hash: "185297b22d961a46154b8770086a13704bfc7cd377b2478228868fcb2e5cda29"
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 1369 (2023-2024) — Concerning off-duty employment of fish and wildlife officers.

## 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/1369.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1369-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1369-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1369-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-09** CSJR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (CSJR 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-04** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 6:00 PM.
- **2023-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 250, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46556b41-11dc-44b2-add0-8c2f32846bef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).