---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promoting the completion of environmental impact statements within two years."
description: "Promoting the completion of environmental impact statements within two years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1086"
citation: "Washington HB 1086 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9015f557-596a-4b94-9658-56b431377969"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1086&year=2017"
source_hash: "a49fb6d80bb33c09cf2c7fde1fb2e6bfa314aa127093fb8cdffdfa44123a66f2"
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 1086 (2017-2018) — Promoting the completion of environmental impact statements within two years.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1086.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1086-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#1) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake — primary (person)
- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wilcox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-02** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** EET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 289, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9015f557-596a-4b94-9658-56b431377969`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).