---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating statutes related to state employment by removing obsolete language, eliminating unnecessary reports, conforming a reporting period to fiscal year, and modernizing employee pay procedures."
description: "Updating statutes related to state employment by removing obsolete language, eliminating unnecessary reports, conforming a reporting period to fiscal year, and modernizing employee pay procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1361"
citation: "Washington HB 1361 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbarno"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63618885-5cca-4b96-abdd-5aab8f8618ee"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1361&year=2023"
source_hash: "22a88d2646dacff7d578a9a2399ceba3a4ad7d48c9e4db84e6cb4ebbe752f7ab"
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 1361 (2023-2024) — Updating statutes related to state employment by removing obsolete language, eliminating unnecessary reports, conforming a reporting period to fiscal year, and modernizing employee pay procedures.

## 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/1361.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1361-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1361-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1361-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Abbarno — primary (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-01** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** 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 (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 148, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** 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/63618885-5cca-4b96-abdd-5aab8f8618ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).