---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating the Suciasaurus rex as the official dinosaur of the state of Washington."
description: "Designating the Suciasaurus rex as the official dinosaur of the state of Washington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1020"
citation: "Washington HB 1020 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-08"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb326a36-fd88-42c0-9c3c-4eb0fb942e35"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1020&year=2023"
source_hash: "b10fb3266546d317f6eeff789f47fa3e3c9cc3b7f3726ecb34ecf60d3b7cfe5a"
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 1020 (2023-2024) — Designating the Suciasaurus rex as the official dinosaur of the state of Washington.

## 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/1020.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1020.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **88–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#43) — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **87–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-17** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-24** SGE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 87; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 330, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/eb326a36-fd88-42c0-9c3c-4eb0fb942e35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).