---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning private detention facilities."
description: "Concerning private detention facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1470"
citation: "Washington HB 1470 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf088083-6708-4250-a2a5-c7e151624b17"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1470&year=2023"
source_hash: "d4239d2ae9c3cf9307caf30e58b9c8cb2e5d9dc2fdfd582b353b981cc444dde7"
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 1470 (2023-2024) — Concerning private detention facilities.

## 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/1470.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1470-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1470-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1470-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **56–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#46) — **58–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** CSJR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** 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 with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:30 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 with amendment(s) by Human Services. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 419, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** Effective date 5/11/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf088083-6708-4250-a2a5-c7e151624b17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).