---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning military spouse employment."
description: "Concerning military spouse employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1009"
citation: "Washington HB 1009 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-06"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e847f256-0c81-4480-874b-ce9f2fed932e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1009&year=2023"
source_hash: "23a11e9fed903f3d1ddeccf0ea2b56b012aa507681f3f73220bc039b97b5eb9a"
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 1009 (2023-2024) — Concerning military spouse employment.

## 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/1009.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1009-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1009-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1009-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-13** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-13** ICEV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-02** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-20** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Chapter 165, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** Effective date 7/23/2023*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e847f256-0c81-4480-874b-ce9f2fed932e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).