---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the purple star award."
description: "Creating the purple star award."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1346"
citation: "Washington HB 1346 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shavers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3137d7df-83f8-4c60-90cb-0180791a386b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1346&year=2023"
source_hash: "d8428a51232131e1b252308100f9130155a11c3c46e219efca12a7b382b9408e"
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 1346 (2023-2024) — Creating the purple star award.

## 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/1346.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1346-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1346-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **96–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shavers — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-02** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-16** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** 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, 94; nays, 2; 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`
- **2023-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15** Chapter 450, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-15** 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/3137d7df-83f8-4c60-90cb-0180791a386b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).