---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing tools designed to reduce the impacts of unlawful solid waste dumping."
description: "Providing tools designed to reduce the impacts of unlawful solid waste dumping."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2207"
citation: "Washington HB 2207 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a118cfc-82a2-4396-8b6f-1440cc50963a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2207&year=2023"
source_hash: "c8e7e2e82843da58649f1148c176467bf64e7bc450132903a4bbc05e8ac86f8a"
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 2207 (2023-2024) — Providing tools designed to reduce the impacts of unlawful solid waste dumping.

## 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/2207.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2207-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2207-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2207-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#51) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#40) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-30** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-30** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-05** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment & Energy. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** 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** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25** Chapter 231, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-25** 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/1a118cfc-82a2-4396-8b6f-1440cc50963a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).