---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the state auditor to receive nonconviction data."
description: "Authorizing the state auditor to receive nonconviction data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1179"
citation: "Washington HB 1179 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2977fbd3-9f40-48eb-bc25-444e316b1ea7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1179&year=2023"
source_hash: "b83f8abca3d81c2612b3f07af895d655fba4bfa1a09b6bebd8506822524c5e9f"
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 1179 (2023-2024) — Authorizing the state auditor to receive nonconviction data.

## 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/1179.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1179.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **55–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **29–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — 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 State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-17** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-17** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-09** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 26, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-06** 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/2977fbd3-9f40-48eb-bc25-444e316b1ea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).