---
type: "Bill"
title: "Studying the effects of avian predation of salmon."
description: "Studying the effects of avian predation of salmon."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2293"
citation: "Washington HB 2293 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilcox"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5318ff90-3675-46be-a1a1-d007be8f807a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2293&year=2023"
source_hash: "5259fc9389e204b9cd2a4aa2426a99177c76f0fa0f84a44a13852eab50058136"
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 2293 (2023-2024) — Studying the effects of avian predation of salmon.

## 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/2293.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2293-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2293-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilcox — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Kretz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-30** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (AGNR 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** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 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`
- **2024-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 72, 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/5318ff90-3675-46be-a1a1-d007be8f807a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).