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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Adding special purpose and junior taxing districts to the intrastate mutual aid system."
+description: "Adding special purpose and junior taxing districts to the intrastate mutual aid system."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1978"
+citation: "Washington HB 1978 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rule"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-12-20"
+last_action: "2024-03-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f916d16-012a-4424-aa62-4ca6f1b5cc63"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1978&year=2023"
+source_hash: "39d8b3f834d567707a2f3e35013c8fb5e019324ef0c59abeb978692d2a6df95f"
+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 1978 (2023-2024) — Adding special purpose and junior taxing districts to the intrastate mutual aid system.
+
+## 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/1978.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1978.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rule — primary (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Volz — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-01-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-01-16** ICEV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 6:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-20** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-21** 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`
+- **2024-03-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-07** Chapter 16, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-07** 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/5f916d16-012a-4424-aa62-4ca6f1b5cc63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+