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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishing a Native American apprentice assistance program."
+description: "Establishing a Native American apprentice assistance program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2019"
+citation: "Washington HB 2019 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stearns"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-12-22"
+last_action: "2024-03-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/637cc6f1-a99f-4ca9-a627-1527581c2910"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2019&year=2023"
+source_hash: "0f0092be850f8bec39867e21236fd688d4b676a6c13982f32f87f864a98eda5a"
+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 2019 (2023-2024) — Establishing a Native American apprentice assistance 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/2019.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2019-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2019-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2019-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#43) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stearns — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
+- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Street — cosponsor (person)
+- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-22** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-01-19** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-01-23** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-03** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **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`
+- **2024-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
+- **2024-02-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **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** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-27** 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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-19** Chapter 203, 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/637cc6f1-a99f-4ca9-a627-1527581c2910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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