---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notifying high school students and their families about available dual credit programs and any available financial assistance."
description: "Notifying high school students and their families about available dual credit programs and any available financial assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1146"
citation: "Washington HB 1146 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebfd839e-6d9b-4613-8ba9-b9f7873fbce7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1146&year=2023"
source_hash: "41067fd2f22ad25962c03685d862366ed7d580d097572d666d6fc6d167333fad"
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 1146 (2023-2024) — Notifying high school students and their families about available dual credit programs and any available financial assistance.

## 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/1146.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1146.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-02** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2024-01-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-15** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 44, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebfd839e-6d9b-4613-8ba9-b9f7873fbce7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).