---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the definition of veteran and restoring honor to veterans."
description: "Concerning the definition of veteran and restoring honor to veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2014"
citation: "Washington HB 2014 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Volz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-21"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e853190-d784-43f0-b14e-5822b79b857c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2014&year=2023"
source_hash: "24f01e248de556425332efd5e0e9e3045653f46e03479d4f08c17b6038221902"
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 2014 (2023-2024) — Concerning the definition of veteran and restoring honor to veterans.

## 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/2014.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2014-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2014-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2014-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Volz — primary (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — 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 Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** ICEV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-24** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-02** 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`
- **2024-02-10** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-18** Chapter 146, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-18** 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/3e853190-d784-43f0-b14e-5822b79b857c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).