---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the Billy Frank Jr. national statuary hall selection committee."
description: "Concerning the Billy Frank Jr. national statuary hall selection committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1639"
citation: "Washington HB 1639 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lekanoff"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43672954-c090-4ca4-9757-4bf17fe8a4de"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1639&year=2023"
source_hash: "15cd4997f91e3b50859e8285bb988cc06002aa6086dfa2ab28bed5f188fe7b75"
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 1639 (2023-2024) — Concerning the Billy Frank Jr. national statuary hall selection committee.

## 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/1639.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1639-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1639-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1639-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#40) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lekanoff — primary (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** 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`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 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`
- **2023-04-04** 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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** 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 387, 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/43672954-c090-4ca4-9757-4bf17fe8a4de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).