---
type: "Bill"
title: "Administering educational service district elections."
description: "Administering educational service district elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1624"
citation: "Washington HB 1624 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ybarra"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68b97829-bdea-4fed-af86-577601150044"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1624&year=2023"
source_hash: "289678448e9efa076382710ef8d9dd016fb99091adfeb5210dea204f304b7289"
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 1624 (2023-2024) — Administering educational service district elections.

## 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/1624.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1624.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ybarra — primary (person)
- Waters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-15** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 83, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** 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/68b97829-bdea-4fed-af86-577601150044`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).