---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying timelines and other initial procedural actions in a water rights adjudication."
description: "Modifying timelines and other initial procedural actions in a water rights adjudication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1792"
citation: "Washington HB 1792 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timmons"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eeedac52-b9cc-467c-aa4e-a81ed94156c2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1792&year=2023"
source_hash: "0bc5932b54576d32b40713da2cab7ce9988ccc15b21bd7bc1b5fcb105fcce4a0"
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 1792 (2023-2024) — Modifying timelines and other initial procedural actions in a water rights adjudication.

## 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/1792.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1792.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Timmons — primary (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 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** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-23** AWNP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 160, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** 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/eeedac52-b9cc-467c-aa4e-a81ed94156c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).