---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the uniform family law arbitration act."
description: "Concerning the uniform family law arbitration act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1088"
citation: "Washington HB 1088 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-27"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d6b1c38-4341-4cb7-a1d1-8c571f34a7c1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1088&year=2023"
source_hash: "2aeff6abec03b994e57900e3bd658d5102a36b690448ba35bfa7c089ac2963cc"
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 1088 (2023-2024) — Concerning the uniform family law arbitration act.

## 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/1088.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1088-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1088-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-27** 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 session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-20** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-27** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 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 61, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** 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/1d6b1c38-4341-4cb7-a1d1-8c571f34a7c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).