---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting workers displaced due to finfish aquaculture facility closure."
description: "Protecting workers displaced due to finfish aquaculture facility closure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1712"
citation: "Washington HB 1712 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8deb65ab-f258-4443-aeda-be1023079af5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1712&year=2023"
source_hash: "4c8300a585b682f4ae0b78071dc08b2a9f82a43335198fe6f62ce1ff5cd2b364"
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 1712 (2023-2024) — Protecting workers displaced due to finfish aquaculture facility closure.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1712.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1712.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Schmick — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-17** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-27** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 156, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8deb65ab-f258-4443-aeda-be1023079af5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).