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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying middle housing requirements and the definitions of transit stop."
+description: "Modifying middle housing requirements and the definitions of transit stop."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2321"
+citation: "Washington HB 2321 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bateman"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-11"
+last_action: "2024-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/312fa6e3-5325-4a63-9eda-02ead4365ba7"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2321&year=2023"
+source_hash: "16775ab7add3c378819a034f06833ee8940f18bf25b062c60a0b16de13ea373a"
+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 2321 (2023-2024) — Modifying middle housing requirements and the definitions of transit stop.
+
+## 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/2321.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2321-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2321-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2321-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bateman — primary (person)
+- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
+- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-11** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-01-25** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2024-01-26** 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 (HOUS 24). `substitution`
+- **2024-02-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-16** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2024-03-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-18** Chapter 152, 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/312fa6e3-5325-4a63-9eda-02ead4365ba7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+