---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring confidentiality in the release of sensitive fish and wildlife data."
description: "Requiring confidentiality in the release of sensitive fish and wildlife data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2307"
citation: "Washington HB 2307 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISH", "RECORDS", "FISH AND WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT", "WILDLIFE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van Werven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be012afc-4a44-4a7d-8b99-5fef9d6dacaf"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2307&year=2017"
source_hash: "7953602b4d3d5e8f9ab4e13f28842d914bb3b40d0364c337dea6593c9fdda52e"
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 2307 (2017-2018) — Requiring confidentiality in the release of sensitive fish and wildlife data.

## 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/2307.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#21) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Van Werven — primary (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** 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`
- **2018-01-24** AGNR - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 214, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** 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/be012afc-4a44-4a7d-8b99-5fef9d6dacaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).