---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning youth seeking housing assistance and other related services."
description: "Concerning youth seeking housing assistance and other related services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1406"
citation: "Washington HB 1406 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33dd99fe-40e8-42bd-9ff3-aa61e1da44a3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1406&year=2023"
source_hash: "1a50d22b9be2bb152f9e00cac488af7178f70613d8ed6cdf3f38900cab9dfff0"
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 1406 (2023-2024) — Concerning youth seeking housing assistance and other related services.

## 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/1406.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1406-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1406-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cortes — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-03** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-21** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSEL 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:45 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** 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 151, 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/33dd99fe-40e8-42bd-9ff3-aa61e1da44a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).