---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework."
description: "Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1181"
citation: "Washington HB 1181 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duerr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a135ea9-b948-4359-89cc-8c4b90ff70c5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1181&year=2023"
source_hash: "7aa83b98d1e220ef60a606779516d507c4cfcdfc4abe9103628e65f4544cb170"
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 1181 (2023-2024) — Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework.

## 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/1181.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1181-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1181-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1181-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1181-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#37) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- 341 Boehnke Pg 6 Ln 4 (#17) — **22–27** (fail) · upper
- 173 Abbarno Pg 29 Ln 35 (#12) — **43–55** (fail) · lower
- 199 Maycumber Pg 20 Ln 12 (#11) — **41–57** (fail) · lower
- 188 Griffey Pg 46 Ln 33 (#13) — **43–55** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- 197 Goehner Pg 1 Ln 20 (#14) — **44–54** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **29–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Duerr — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — 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 Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-25** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-09** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-16** LGLT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** 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.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **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 228, 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/1a135ea9-b948-4359-89cc-8c4b90ff70c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).