---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making Juneteenth a legal holiday."
description: "Making Juneteenth a legal holiday."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1016"
citation: "Washington HB 1016 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AFRICAN AMERICANS", "HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dce42f12-77bd-4719-9955-f2422522a7c4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1016&year=2021"
source_hash: "f3a2688ddcae328d92891df5e528e555dc46af9c2f5a4ce85f04e55c3856e3d0"
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 1016 (2021-2022) — Making Juneteenth a legal holiday.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1016.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1016-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 295, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2021-01-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-01T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-03-10T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-19T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-31T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-04-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dce42f12-77bd-4719-9955-f2422522a7c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).