---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renewing Washington's international leadership."
description: "Renewing Washington's international leadership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2000"
citation: "Washington HB 2000 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mena"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-21"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2fa812e-4f15-4d96-bebc-909771fc03e1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2000&year=2023"
source_hash: "b95c82910b0a420015489be1015bf20e0fbe614ff04d9e13b64aac6c481adddd"
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 2000 (2023-2024) — Renewing Washington's international leadership.

## 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/2000.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2000-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2000-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2000-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2000-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#38) — **74–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **65–32** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#56) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mena — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-21** 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 action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:30 AM.
- **2024-01-12** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-12** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-15** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** 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; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `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, 65; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** BFGT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-02-29** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 74; nays, 22; 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`
- **2024-03-28** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-03-28** Chapter 336, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-28** 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/e2fa812e-4f15-4d96-bebc-909771fc03e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).