---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evaluating compostable product usage in Washington."
description: "Evaluating compostable product usage in Washington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1033"
citation: "Washington HB 1033 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-13"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a68a3fac-668d-4f3c-b26a-147cd0e3ea9d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1033&year=2023"
source_hash: "0a7975d4e6d3367666fbb9f0c4a741e59b7910a5ca134d18e1f07e3325189a19"
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 1033 (2023-2024) — Evaluating compostable product usage in Washington.

## 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/1033.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1033-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1033-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1033-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#48) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-13** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-21** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 236, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/a68a3fac-668d-4f3c-b26a-147cd0e3ea9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).