---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the governance of technology services in state government, including eliminating the office of the chief information officer and renaming the consolidated technology services agency."
description: "Concerning the governance of technology services in state government, including eliminating the office of the chief information officer and renaming the consolidated technology services agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1947"
citation: "Washington HB 1947 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Street"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4482c4c8-cc37-4a4d-9d8f-c4f9880af45e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1947&year=2023"
source_hash: "0181fdd05aaf5baee9ff9c62f36c482af37bb4ddaaf998cab4f5e20a8bc289bf"
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 1947 (2023-2024) — Concerning the governance of technology services in state government, including eliminating the office of the chief information officer and renaming the consolidated technology services agency.

## 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/1947.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1947-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1947-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Street — primary (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-14** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-12** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-19** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-22** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-31** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by State Government & Tribal Relations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGOV 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 54, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4482c4c8-cc37-4a4d-9d8f-c4f9880af45e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).