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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying the Washington national guard postsecondary education grant program."
+description: "Modifying the Washington national guard postsecondary education grant program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1943"
+citation: "Washington HB 1943 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-12-14"
+last_action: "2024-03-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/890d8e3c-8926-4383-8ef8-abf436b13289"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1943&year=2023"
+source_hash: "204163c7bf0aa224e382489051868cbdfe7c8f9ce3d0c2ac248b481bbe409b28"
+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 1943 (2023-2024) — Modifying the Washington national guard postsecondary education grant program.
+
+## 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/1943.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1943.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#52) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#37) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leavitt — primary (person)
+- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
+- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
+- Christian — cosponsor (person)
+- Couture — cosponsor (person)
+- Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Rule — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
+- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
+- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-14** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-01-12** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-01-12** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-16** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-01** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-21** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-19** Chapter 178, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-19** 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/890d8e3c-8926-4383-8ef8-abf436b13289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+