---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning removing the terms \"master\" and \"servant\" from Titles 50 and 50A."
description: "Concerning removing the terms \"master\" and \"servant\" from Titles 50 and 50A."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1107"
citation: "Washington HB 1107 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fosse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b615907-7fdf-4860-931d-90c72fbfced8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1107&year=2023"
source_hash: "35154115e90522f575f0fe4a885560b372d1a7fbda70d339b0f5bbc99b6574c1"
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 1107 (2023-2024) — Concerning removing the terms "master" and "servant" from Titles 50 and 50A.

## 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/1107.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1107.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fosse — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — 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 Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-20** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2023-01-31** Placed on second reading suspension calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-14** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 25, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-06** 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/8b615907-7fdf-4860-931d-90c72fbfced8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).