---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopting the mental health counselor compact."
description: "Adopting the mental health counselor compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1069"
citation: "Washington HB 1069 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-22"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ec0568f-c96b-48fc-9c47-15a552b1d6a2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1069&year=2023"
source_hash: "a78bf11f348a0ebdbe25673749d1b801e5c97c11590329b9a20b890e9ce953a5"
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 1069 (2023-2024) — Adopting the mental health counselor compact.

## 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/1069.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1069-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1069-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-22** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-27** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** 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 (PEW 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 Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-21** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 58, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** 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/2ec0568f-c96b-48fc-9c47-15a552b1d6a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).