---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing early registration at institutions of higher education for military students."
description: "Providing early registration at institutions of higher education for military students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2004"
citation: "Washington HB 2004 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntire"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-21"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a09a9a6-3edb-47fc-961a-354a709c8633"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2004&year=2023"
source_hash: "e32cc8341990f124d1f6719a38594045f8ecef0babffb912701ab974b107cd94"
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 2004 (2023-2024) — Providing early registration at institutions of higher education for military students.

## 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/2004.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2004.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McEntire — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — 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 Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-12** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-12** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2024-03-01** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Chapter 89, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-14** 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/8a09a9a6-3edb-47fc-961a-354a709c8633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).