---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repealing some postretirement employment restrictions."
description: "Repealing some postretirement employment restrictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1056"
citation: "Washington HB 1056 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stokesbary"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/759a39d1-7bb9-4b59-8504-d3951c4255dd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1056&year=2023"
source_hash: "2564827886660c709cf1284184ebdd62f68a2e47775229dd955564e3276e6405"
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 1056 (2023-2024) — Repealing some postretirement employment restrictions.

## 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/1056.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1056-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1056-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stokesbary — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-23** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-28** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-11** 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** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2023-04-20** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2023-04-20** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 410, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** Effective date 1/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/759a39d1-7bb9-4b59-8504-d3951c4255dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).