---
type: "Bill"
title: "Posting of approved courses and providers of continuing education."
description: "Posting of approved courses and providers of continuing education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1377"
citation: "Washington HB 1377 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72ff7917-74bc-4e64-ae2b-00e4cb880510"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1377&year=2023"
source_hash: "d0c5cd70cf2e1befcd8d919014a7fc7a89b93ece908e8f497257b4c73acefabb"
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 1377 (2023-2024) — Posting of approved courses and providers of continuing education.

## 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/1377.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1377-S.E.htm)
3. **Second Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1377-S.E2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1377-S.htm)
5. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1377-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#41) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santos — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-15** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2024-01-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2024-02-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25** Chapter 221, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-25** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72ff7917-74bc-4e64-ae2b-00e4cb880510`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).