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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning penalties relating to antitrust actions."
+description: "Concerning penalties relating to antitrust actions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2072"
+citation: "Washington HB 2072 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Farivar"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-02"
+last_action: "2024-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/440018a0-86b2-40d4-bc6c-962b6eb60083"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2072&year=2023"
+source_hash: "6b6dde515b8ddf166ed4448ea990c05f39d235b656188404f9a7d83192813893"
+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 2072 (2023-2024) — Concerning penalties relating to antitrust actions.
+
+## 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/2072.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2072-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2072-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#53) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **59–37** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Farivar — primary (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-01-19** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2024-01-22** 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** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 24). `substitution`
+- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-20** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-01** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-26** Chapter 256, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-26** 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/440018a0-86b2-40d4-bc6c-962b6eb60083`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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