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• Introduced by Rep. Fred Finn, (D) (D) on January 14, 2009, expands public land protection measures and penalties for violators to include Christmas tree species and land set aside for the harvesting of Christmas trees.
  • Referred to the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee on January 14, 2009.
    • Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 4, 2009.
• Passed in the House (97 to 0) on February 23, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on February 25, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Committee on February 25, 2009.
    • Amendment offered in the Senate on March 25, 2009, to make technical revisions that delete references to "villages" (an obsolete municipal class) and make nonsubstantive grammatical changes. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 25, 2009.
    • Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 25, 2009.
• Passed in the Senate (44 to 0) on April 7, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Christine Gregoire on May 6, 2009, removes the provision that allows a victim of Christmas tree theft to only recover up to $3 in damages. Includes Christmas trees in other existing provisions that assign penalties for tree theft.