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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning unemployment insurance benefit charging."
+description: "Concerning unemployment insurance benefit charging."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1898"
+citation: "Washington HB 1898 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Schmidt"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-12-06"
+last_action: "2024-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfedaf13-fb9a-431c-9c61-1d6a6adaddc1"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1898&year=2023"
+source_hash: "babc7632675501d30bc67b27b752f63c17002ff94acf7b0cc0499a3741f6ba03"
+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 1898 (2023-2024) — Concerning unemployment insurance benefit charging.
+
+## 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/1898.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1898.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Schmidt — primary (person)
+- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
+- Connors — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Low — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Volz — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-01-12** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-01-12** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-26** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-19** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-13** Chapter 51, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfedaf13-fb9a-431c-9c61-1d6a6adaddc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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