BILL · 1991–92 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESB 6293

SB 6293: Puget Sound salmon harvest

Increasing the harvest of Puget Sound chinook salmon by recreational fishermen.

Summary

The director shall increase the opportunity for recreational fishermen to harvest chinook salmon in Puget Sound to make restitution for past errors in catch accounting between treaty Indian fishermen and non-Indian recreational fishermen. Non-Indian commercial salmon fisheries shall not be reduced in order to provide an increase in recreational harvest because of past accounting errors.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6293), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedJan 23, 1992
Out of committee
Passed SenateFeb 14, 1992
Passed Housestopped here
Governor
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Prime sponsor: Leo K. Thorsness (R-11)
Introduced: January 23, 1992 in the Senate
Last action: March 12, 1992
Budget: Has a fiscal note

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

February 14, 1992

Version voted on: ESB 6293

37 Yea 7 Nay 1 Absent 4 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	16	6	1	1
Republican	21	1	0	3

How each member voted

Yea (37)

Nay (7)

Absent (1)

Mike Kreidler D-22

Excused (4)

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History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

SB 6293 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6293 (2025–26) PTSD treatment and research · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6293 (2023–24) Law enf. officers/deception · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6293 (2019–20) Domestic terrorism, aiding · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6293 (2017–18) Deferred prosec./nonpayment · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6293 (2015–16) Student volunteers · Enacted · Chapter 62, Laws of 2016
SB 6293 (2013–14) State recreation lands · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6293 (2011–12) Early learning guidelines · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6293 (2009–10) Criminal assistance/1st deg · Enacted · Chapter 255, Laws of 2010

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