---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a reporting process for the department of natural resources regarding certain marbled murrelet habitat information."
description: "Establishing a reporting process for the department of natural resources regarding certain marbled murrelet habitat information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2285"
citation: "Washington HB 2285 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC LANDS", "FOREST PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT", "CONSERVATION", "WILDLIFE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-14"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25935cef-78f0-4dce-b129-87ffa7ae8a72"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2285&year=2017"
source_hash: "40cdaa873bcb3aa10021bb28e940893f97d332b298ba88aaa67398b07dfb92cb"
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 2285 (2017-2018) — Establishing a reporting process for the department of natural resources regarding certain marbled murrelet habitat information.

## 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/2285.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2285-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2285-S.htm)

## Votes

- 794 Walsh Pg 3 Ln 2 (#53) — **48–49** (fail) · lower
- 793 Walsh Pg 2 Ln 21 (#52) — **48–49** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage (#54) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **53–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Lytton — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-14** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-17** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-23** Chapter 255, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-23** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25935cef-78f0-4dce-b129-87ffa7ae8a72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).