---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning stalking-related offenses."
description: "Concerning stalking-related offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1696"
citation: "Washington HB 1696 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4f0ab09-ad86-41fb-b068-18d30bc74720"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1696&year=2023"
source_hash: "5428ce9fff920a73698cea8adf938456ddb2f15ad17387d00a6c7995f8d56367"
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 1696 (2023-2024) — Concerning stalking-related offenses.

## 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/1696.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1696.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#33) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** CSJR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 6:00 PM.
- **2023-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-31** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15** Chapter 461, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-15** 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/c4f0ab09-ad86-41fb-b068-18d30bc74720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).