republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1531.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning the forest riparian easement program.	Concerning the forest riparian easement program.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1531	Washington HB 1531 (2017-2018)	bill	FOREST LAND RIVERS AND STREAMS FOREST PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION	enacted	Chapman	3	24	2	2017-01-23	2017-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/cc6b7c83-28f7-4139-af48-56013891dba8	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1531&year=2017	33b9df4e54f3ab69fcb9865cf20d2e087550ceea5d232a7743f77a94704f9e2a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1531 (2017-2018) — Concerning the forest riparian easement program.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#33) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chapman — primary (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
• Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Koster — cosponsor (person)
• Kraft — cosponsor (person)
• Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
• Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23 First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-07 AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-10 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-02 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-07 AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-10 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-02 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-02 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-07 First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. reading-1
• 2017-03-21 NRP - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-23 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-03-29 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-30 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-30 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-06 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-18 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-27 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-27 Chapter 140, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-27 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc6b7c83-28f7-4139-af48-56013891dba8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).