---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning agriculture pest and disease response."
description: "Concerning agriculture pest and disease response."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2147"
citation: "Washington HB 2147 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5208256-64c2-4ef5-b119-e69a089fbe10"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2147&year=2023"
source_hash: "02826aed8b708f4b69fa873b423981a8fd2cae5c4ae53a6523b4a3800bf4673c"
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 2147 (2023-2024) — Concerning agriculture pest and disease response.

## 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/2147.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2147-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2147-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#48) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dent — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** AGNR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-22** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-05** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-15** AWNP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-22** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2024-03-06** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2024-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25** Chapter 228, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-25** 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/b5208256-64c2-4ef5-b119-e69a089fbe10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).