---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning high school graduation pathway options."
description: "Concerning high school graduation pathway options."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1308"
citation: "Washington HB 1308 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stonier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89042445-4651-4363-801f-67b6f25bcdf6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1308&year=2023"
source_hash: "984eec0cd164a61f1d405dc3173aa4d36b39de73fd6fae001a649ec5cb5c7dca"
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 1308 (2023-2024) — Concerning high school graduation pathway options.

## 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/1308.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1308.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#1) — **77–21** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **63–34** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stonier — primary (person)
- Dye — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-13** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-13** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-13** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-23** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** 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 as amended.
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 77; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 349, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** 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/89042445-4651-4363-801f-67b6f25bcdf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).