---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning minimum employment requirements for paraeducators."
description: "Concerning minimum employment requirements for paraeducators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1015"
citation: "Washington HB 1015 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santos"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-07"
last_action: "2023-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c13023b-15d2-4748-91f2-5f27e8dc96c8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1015&year=2023"
source_hash: "3e09b01b5b040e41264d475967773976c19ccd1b6078a7ac8463d4054b3cd8a3"
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 1015 (2023-2024) — Concerning minimum employment requirements for paraeducators.

## 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/1015.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1015-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1015-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santos — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-13** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 19, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-19** 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/1c13023b-15d2-4748-91f2-5f27e8dc96c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).