---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying requirements governing the withholding of high school diplomas."
description: "Clarifying requirements governing the withholding of high school diplomas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1536"
citation: "Washington HB 1536 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timmons"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50bd2a28-b274-401a-b2a7-628f746367ca"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1536&year=2023"
source_hash: "22aeb4fcaa7d40867528dbf18c33265d71adb259c9d086fa7577f3bf35d7c5eb"
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 1536 (2023-2024) — Clarifying requirements governing the withholding of high school diplomas.

## 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/1536.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1536.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **74–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timmons — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-13** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-13** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 74; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 384, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** 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/50bd2a28-b274-401a-b2a7-628f746367ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).