---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses in the legal system."
description: "Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses in the legal system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1028"
citation: "Washington HB 1028 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-12"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17bddbbd-ed7b-4973-9b1f-4d5b7fc5138c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1028&year=2023"
source_hash: "5333f7feb37c3a0251e5b5475f4e62ff12283de910d2967fdfcb08a4f0763532"
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 1028 (2023-2024) — Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses in the legal system.

## 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/1028.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1028-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1028-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1028-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-12** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-19** CSJR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 6:00 PM.
- **2023-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:30 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Law & Justice. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 197, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** Effective date 7/23/2023*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17bddbbd-ed7b-4973-9b1f-4d5b7fc5138c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).