---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning municipal airport commissions."
description: "Concerning municipal airport commissions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1243"
citation: "Washington HB 1243 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28794482-282f-40e1-9131-d3cb5514ec25"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1243&year=2023"
source_hash: "d89edd6ab2b635452279cfe2c3375c1a66bbbb212b3fb342172cd85e0aea21ca"
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 1243 (2023-2024) — Concerning municipal airport commissions.

## 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/1243.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1243.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#44) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dent — primary (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-20** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-23** LGLT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 11:30 AM.
- **2023-04-04** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** 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** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 247, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/28794482-282f-40e1-9131-d3cb5514ec25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).