republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1257.md

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

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 release of wild beavers.	Concerning the release of wild beavers.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1257	Washington HB 1257 (2017-2018)	bill	WILDLIFE	enacted	Kretz	2	23	2	2017-01-16	2017-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/a7e845bb-9750-4781-a24e-ba7a818e1736	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1257&year=2017	0e9e969a211bc791b2bdf3ab6b91830a08ba137bf07cffad3cbbac55893c38fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1257 (2017-2018) — Concerning the release of wild beavers.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — 45–1 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#10) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kretz — primary (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• Buys — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-01-31 AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-09 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-01-31 AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-09 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-02-10 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.
• 2017-03-31 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-31 Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2017-04-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-06 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-14 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-20 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-20 Chapter 82, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-20 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7e845bb-9750-4781-a24e-ba7a818e1736. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).