---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning meetings of county legislative authorities."
description: "Concerning meetings of county legislative authorities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1645"
citation: "Washington HB 1645 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/435e4090-3866-4ec4-8f9b-415eda549318"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1645&year=2023"
source_hash: "e1d1badbbdb9dc6f470af621cd34e39d130012444314fb8d3b06bd7998a266e1"
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 1645 (2023-2024) — Concerning meetings of county legislative authorities.

## 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/1645.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1645.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnard — primary (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Connors — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchins — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
- McClintock — cosponsor (person)
- McEntire — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-17** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-14** LGLT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 84, 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/435e4090-3866-4ec4-8f9b-415eda549318`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).