---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing the risks of lethality and other harm associated with gun violence, gender-based violence, and other types of violence."
description: "Reducing the risks of lethality and other harm associated with gun violence, gender-based violence, and other types of violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1562"
citation: "Washington HB 1562 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thai"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94ba18ba-5834-480a-a12f-b471c4703054"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1562&year=2023"
source_hash: "edba66fd199e8a2c6d444cbfbe6eaefdef0d7bceb3827cc47edc1f0488ff2f4d"
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 1562 (2023-2024) — Reducing the risks of lethality and other harm associated with gun violence, gender-based violence, and other types of violence.

## 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/1562.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1562-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1562-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#38) — **51–45** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **51–46** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **28–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thai — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-17** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-17** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 51; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 6:00 PM.
- **2023-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 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). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `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, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 51; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 295, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/94ba18ba-5834-480a-a12f-b471c4703054`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).