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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Assisting workers in recovering wages owed."
+description: "Assisting workers in recovering wages owed."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2097"
+citation: "Washington HB 2097 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Berry"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-03"
+last_action: "2024-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54209963-29e3-46e0-8cd1-c06d29d6dced"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2097&year=2023"
+source_hash: "ca697fb021ad3d587c5030f6eba2323fb0c447ae9853b8ec0a5c23185d1725c9"
+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 2097 (2023-2024) — Assisting workers in recovering wages owed.
+
+## 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/2097.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2097-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2097-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Berry — primary (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-01-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-01-24** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2024-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 24). `substitution`
+- **2024-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-19** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-27** 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, 49; nays, 0; 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`
+- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-18** Chapter 149, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-18** 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/54209963-29e3-46e0-8cd1-c06d29d6dced`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+