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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring automated external defibrillators to be available and accessible when work is being performed on high voltage lines and equipment."
+description: "Requiring automated external defibrillators to be available and accessible when work is being performed on high voltage lines and equipment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1542"
+citation: "Washington HB 1542 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bronoske"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2023-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97569915-7e28-448d-bed3-309417ae3afc"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1542&year=2023"
+source_hash: "76dfc2023062483f5628196fda8d27ffb608488ad8e62ee6209d655de64b0708"
+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 1542 (2023-2024) — Requiring automated external defibrillators to be available and accessible when work is being performed on high voltage lines and equipment.
+
+## 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/1542.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1542.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bronoske — primary (person)
+- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
+- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
+- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-31** Public hearing 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; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-14** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-03-16** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-03-20** LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-03-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-31** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **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`
+- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2023-04-14** 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 253, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-04** Effective date 1/1/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97569915-7e28-448d-bed3-309417ae3afc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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