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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning wage complaints."
+description: "Concerning wage complaints."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1217"
+citation: "Washington HB 1217 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc7ddc85-9305-4d80-ad99-d416e58494d5"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1217&year=2023"
+source_hash: "f94147f98e5345c44bd7985fd5bc4fde289bef37cdc09ba9680678ee45d4bc12"
+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 1217 (2023-2024) — Concerning wage complaints.
+
+## 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/1217.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1217-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1217-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **62–34** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#42) — **33–16** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **53–43** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-02-03** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-02-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-02-10** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-02-14** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-23** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-03-27** LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
+- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 62; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2023-04-17** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-04** Chapter 243, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-04** 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/bc7ddc85-9305-4d80-ad99-d416e58494d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+