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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Updating statutes related to state employment by removing obsolete language, eliminating unnecessary reports, conforming a reporting period to fiscal year, and modernizing employee pay procedures."
+description: "Updating statutes related to state employment by removing obsolete language, eliminating unnecessary reports, conforming a reporting period to fiscal year, and modernizing employee pay procedures."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1361"
+citation: "Washington HB 1361 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abbarno"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-16"
+last_action: "2023-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63618885-5cca-4b96-abdd-5aab8f8618ee"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1361&year=2023"
+source_hash: "22a88d2646dacff7d578a9a2399ceba3a4ad7d48c9e4db84e6cb4ebbe752f7ab"
+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 1361 (2023-2024) — Updating statutes related to state employment by removing obsolete language, eliminating unnecessary reports, conforming a reporting period to fiscal year, and modernizing employee pay procedures.
+
+## 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/1361.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1361-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1361-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1361-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abbarno — primary (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Rule — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-16** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-02-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-02-01** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2023-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-20** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-17** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-17** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-11** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-20** Chapter 148, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-04-20** 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/63618885-5cca-4b96-abdd-5aab8f8618ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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