---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning courthouse facility dogs."
description: "Concerning courthouse facility dogs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1077"
citation: "Washington HB 1077 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thai"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ce1b3c2-9a5e-4642-bc9d-f03d550beab0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1077&year=2023"
source_hash: "7a3bcf288b599b3888ccb7ccd9f67bf17e6fec07c1ec5810599ff6c211bae89d"
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 1077 (2023-2024) — Concerning courthouse facility dogs.

## 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/1077.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1077-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1077-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thai — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-13** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-13** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading suspension calendar by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 6:00 PM.
- **2023-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 59, 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/7ce1b3c2-9a5e-4642-bc9d-f03d550beab0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).