---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying procedures for federally recognized tribes to report standard occupational classifications or job titles of workers under the employment security act."
description: "Clarifying procedures for federally recognized tribes to report standard occupational classifications or job titles of workers under the employment security act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1684"
citation: "Washington HB 1684 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slatter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/376fb178-f872-47ec-a6f1-76cac3215bba"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1684&year=2023"
source_hash: "2d2bd6c55583725c7eea5edc04f5ddbacb0ed272937aaf69b51279d82c5e49af"
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 1684 (2023-2024) — Clarifying procedures for federally recognized tribes to report standard occupational classifications or job titles of workers under the employment security act.

## 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/1684.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1684.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **69–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Slatter — primary (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-14** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **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 256, 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/376fb178-f872-47ec-a6f1-76cac3215bba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).