---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning confidential fisheries information collected by other states and maintaining that confidentiality under the public records act."
description: "Concerning confidential fisheries information collected by other states and maintaining that confidentiality under the public records act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1876"
citation: "Washington HB 1876 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Springer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-05"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2cc9f22-c456-4790-a1ca-d6b1e952f90b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1876&year=2023"
source_hash: "0e164446ed33f9c8a47c26757042272516e147d2c2a599501e688552cafb4472"
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 1876 (2023-2024) — Concerning confidential fisheries information collected by other states and maintaining that confidentiality under the public records act.

## 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/1876.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1876.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Springer — primary (person)
- McEntire — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-26** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 48, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2cc9f22-c456-4790-a1ca-d6b1e952f90b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).