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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating a graffiti abatement and reduction program."
+description: "Creating a graffiti abatement and reduction program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1989"
+citation: "Washington HB 1989 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barkis"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-12-20"
+last_action: "2024-03-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e01af83d-0571-46c5-8fc5-edce5508f42c"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1989&year=2023"
+source_hash: "c84ddfca565cbc8461de8ea0647870451e62c8d24cf807034aeb71a5eed88aeb"
+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 1989 (2023-2024) — Creating a graffiti abatement and reduction 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/1989.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1989-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1989-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **38–11** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barkis — primary (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Hutchins — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Low — cosponsor (person)
+- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
+- Sandlin — 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 Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-05** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 24). `substitution`
+- **2024-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** 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; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-15** Chapter 111, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-15** 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/e01af83d-0571-46c5-8fc5-edce5508f42c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+