---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying medal of valor award presentation requirements."
description: "Modifying medal of valor award presentation requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1031"
citation: "Washington HB 1031 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-12"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24fea45b-786a-44c9-b1a5-0e7fe762078a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1031&year=2023"
source_hash: "f6c790cd69f87f498a1603441549ddaa0c14fe42a269becfb7f54782df4b6a5d"
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 1031 (2023-2024) — Modifying medal of valor award presentation requirements.

## 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/1031.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1031.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-12** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-18** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2023-01-24** Placed on second reading suspension calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 131, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** 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/24fea45b-786a-44c9-b1a5-0e7fe762078a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).