---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commissioning an elk management pilot project that focuses initially on the Colockum elk herd."
description: "Commissioning an elk management pilot project that focuses initially on the Colockum elk herd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1353"
citation: "Washington HB 1353 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISH AND WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT", "WILDLIFE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/400639dc-4e32-41dd-b9c0-aa9cc87f2070"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1353&year=2017"
source_hash: "4c10a881a281ced84fbdc658d95c8e4d388198007efc358d3c41e354f8be5872"
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 1353 (2017-2018) — Commissioning an elk management pilot project that focuses initially on the Colockum elk herd.

## 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/1353.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1353-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#2) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dent — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Buys — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-20** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-01** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-20** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** NRP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Natural Resources & Parks.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter 244, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-08** 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/400639dc-4e32-41dd-b9c0-aa9cc87f2070`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).