---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a community-based approach to provide assistance with nonlethal management methods to reduce livestock depredations by wolves."
description: "Creating a community-based approach to provide assistance with nonlethal management methods to reduce livestock depredations by wolves."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2126"
citation: "Washington HB 2126 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "LIVESTOCK", "WILDLIFE", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ae044c3-203e-4fc6-b5bf-454afe2e1a86"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2126&year=2017"
source_hash: "688e7945cf8603220cc392bb07ac43915da7fe16848ef3321338b5a4f0f53f80"
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 2126 (2017-2018) — Creating a community-based approach to provide assistance with nonlethal management methods to reduce livestock depredations by wolves.

## 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/2126.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2126-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2126-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#16) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake — primary (person)
- Wilcox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** 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) by Natural Resources & Parks.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** 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 257, 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/7ae044c3-203e-4fc6-b5bf-454afe2e1a86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).