---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the nothing about us without us act."
description: "Establishing the nothing about us without us act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1541"
citation: "Washington HB 1541 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farivar"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb0c007b-d2d8-4c96-9f80-07c756ddb102"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1541&year=2023"
source_hash: "c3bb4e1d4f83d3be28438f8ae9c43b4223bdd5433a9649835172cf78f2ca17be"
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 1541 (2023-2024) — Establishing the nothing about us without us act.

## 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/1541.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1541-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1541-S2.E2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1541-S2.htm)
5. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1541-S2.PL.htm)
6. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1541-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **83–14** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **83–12** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **40–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farivar — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Waters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-10** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-10** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-10** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-14** 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; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-24** SGE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** 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 session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2024-02-02** 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, 83; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 283, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** 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/cb0c007b-d2d8-4c96-9f80-07c756ddb102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).