---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing fentanyl and other substance use prevention education."
description: "Addressing fentanyl and other substance use prevention education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1956"
citation: "Washington HB 1956 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd5bef32-b327-4fac-8350-8afbc6dadadc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1956&year=2023"
source_hash: "739d20a71037adec9ee3e9f9151b815eb1518fb6433cc1511476c42f737c8cd4"
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 1956 (2023-2024) — Addressing fentanyl and other substance use prevention education.

## 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/1956.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1956-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1956-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1956-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1956-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-25** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-05** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 201, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date 3/19/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd5bef32-b327-4fac-8350-8afbc6dadadc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).