---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience."
description: "Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1658"
citation: "Washington HB 1658 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shavers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cca890ab-7796-4d88-8df2-ecbc3645eab3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1658&year=2023"
source_hash: "c29689a2cd8a457f151644c3afb3a53779ceb72ea5294c0e30eb1301368e967f"
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 1658 (2023-2024) — Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience.

## 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/1658.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1658-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1658-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **44–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shavers — primary (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-13** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 154, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** 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/cca890ab-7796-4d88-8df2-ecbc3645eab3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).