---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a Native American apprentice assistance program."
description: "Establishing a Native American apprentice assistance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2019"
citation: "Washington HB 2019 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stearns"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-22"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/637cc6f1-a99f-4ca9-a627-1527581c2910"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2019&year=2023"
source_hash: "0f0092be850f8bec39867e21236fd688d4b676a6c13982f32f87f864a98eda5a"
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 2019 (2023-2024) — Establishing a Native American apprentice assistance program.

## 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/2019.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2019-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2019-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2019-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#43) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stearns — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-22** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-19** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-03** APP - Majority; 1st 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** 1st 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 Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 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** 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.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 203, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** 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/637cc6f1-a99f-4ca9-a627-1527581c2910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).