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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning eligibility for participation in the public employees' benefits board for retired or disabled employees of counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions."
+description: "Concerning eligibility for participation in the public employees' benefits board for retired or disabled employees of counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1804"
+citation: "Washington HB 1804 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-09"
+last_action: "2023-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ff3ac01-3f1f-4239-90aa-bd4dc16d89c4"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1804&year=2023"
+source_hash: "6eba69931cce3b0bf35029d5add27c23f85f599feebb1b6805e3c22b61c1624f"
+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 1804 (2023-2024) — Concerning eligibility for participation in the public employees' benefits board for retired or disabled employees of counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions.
+
+## 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/1804.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1804-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1804-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#42) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steele — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-09** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-23** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-03-16** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2023-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; 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 312, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-04** Effective date 5/4/2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ff3ac01-3f1f-4239-90aa-bd4dc16d89c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+