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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibiting license plate covers."
+description: "Prohibiting license plate covers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1963"
+citation: "Washington HB 1963 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-12-18"
+last_action: "2024-03-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8337696d-999d-40b3-a11e-e1dc4e38a5f3"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1963&year=2023"
+source_hash: "51d826d9bfaa7902dcc65b3154dc29524986bf697fdddeacdab242d6694e8329"
+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 1963 (2023-2024) — Prohibiting license plate covers.
+
+## 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/1963.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1963.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **42–7** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **59–38** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ramos — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
+- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-18** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-01-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-01-17** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-17** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-01-17** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-22** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-14** Chapter 84, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-14** 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/8337696d-999d-40b3-a11e-e1dc4e38a5f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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