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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Restricting the possession, purchase, delivery, and sale of certain equipment used to illegally process controlled substances."
+description: "Restricting the possession, purchase, delivery, and sale of certain equipment used to illegally process controlled substances."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1209"
+citation: "Washington HB 1209 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/801ab404-4720-4ebf-a368-fa1fc92d803e"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1209&year=2023"
+source_hash: "b839fe576ab8e3630f8f021b3f32a69447d7c859abf241567043d5c2c67ef24e"
+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 1209 (2023-2024) — Restricting the possession, purchase, delivery, and sale of certain equipment used to illegally process controlled substances.
+
+## 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/1209.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1209.E.htm)
+3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1209.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leavitt — primary (person)
+- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Fey — cosponsor (person)
+- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-01-26** CSJR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2023-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-09** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 6:00 PM.
+- **2023-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-03-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-04** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-13** Chapter 66, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-04-13** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/801ab404-4720-4ebf-a368-fa1fc92d803e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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