---
type: "Bill"
title: "Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities."
description: "Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1176"
citation: "Washington HB 1176 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slatter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/075c1ab1-01e6-486a-a04a-0b0b203921a0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1176&year=2023"
source_hash: "4348ef1406098c1e4dd8bc50170fe66af3a66514ac15b7004bbf62f709db6edc"
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 1176 (2023-2024) — Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities.

## 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/1176.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1176-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1176-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1176-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **59–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Slatter — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-24** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-21** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-15** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Chapter 231, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-03** 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/075c1ab1-01e6-486a-a04a-0b0b203921a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).