---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the disposition of the remains of a county resident who dies indigent in an adjacent county outside of Washington."
description: "Concerning the disposition of the remains of a county resident who dies indigent in an adjacent county outside of Washington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1100"
citation: "Washington HB 1100 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da5020cb-69c4-4b35-aaff-42fcb3992590"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1100&year=2023"
source_hash: "a69a65805d98ff4889c12a43c8d15654114f4f8c7e0746a222c9f4ff274a4e28"
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 1100 (2023-2024) — Concerning the disposition of the remains of a county resident who dies indigent in an adjacent county outside of 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/1100.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1100.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schmick — primary (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-20** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Placed on second reading suspension calendar by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-16** LGLT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-03** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 62, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** 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/da5020cb-69c4-4b35-aaff-42fcb3992590`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).