---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning program administration for the Washington state opportunity scholarship program."
description: "Concerning program administration for the Washington state opportunity scholarship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1289"
citation: "Washington HB 1289 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf6c87f3-3b05-4881-8017-724373bf9b72"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1289&year=2023"
source_hash: "f202da84ef6ccb99025497aa03d18c3aa121e1338bec1e5134b8551cb423ba69"
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 1289 (2023-2024) — Concerning program administration for the Washington state opportunity scholarship program.

## 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/1289.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1289-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1289-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-31** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2023-02-14** Placed on second reading suspension calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (PEW 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** 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 with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; 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`
- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Chapter 176, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** Effective date 4/25/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf6c87f3-3b05-4881-8017-724373bf9b72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).