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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning arrest protections for the medical use of cannabis."
+description: "Concerning arrest protections for the medical use of cannabis."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1563"
+citation: "Washington HB 1563 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kloba"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2023-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96899287-3b48-4a5b-b26e-01b11d620942"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1563&year=2023"
+source_hash: "ac1b37f5b69a65375e17b7ffce0c1eaccc628016cbfa1ea0bc1d1f7d6f7400c3"
+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 1563 (2023-2024) — Concerning arrest protections for the medical use of cannabis.
+
+## 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/1563.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1563.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **37–12** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **63–32** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kloba — primary (person)
+- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Rude — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-02** RSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-03-21** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **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 254, 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/96899287-3b48-4a5b-b26e-01b11d620942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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