---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead endorsement program."
description: "Concerning the Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead endorsement program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2003"
citation: "Washington HB 2003 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4addcd02-72a3-44a7-a6a0-44f1f21ae8d6"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2003&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "1c630480834a9235456b2019169c6cf78eb709812a7055961e1f4ff1378da2e7"
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 2003 (2025-2026) — Concerning the Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead endorsement program.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2003.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2003.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **53–45** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **25–23** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **53–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-26** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-26** Passed final passage; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 321, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** Effective date 1/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4addcd02-72a3-44a7-a6a0-44f1f21ae8d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).