---
type: "Bill"
title: "Raising the residential personal needs allowance."
description: "Raising the residential personal needs allowance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1128"
citation: "Washington HB 1128 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a291ff90-da6a-4b4d-b5c6-5bc4917fd4de"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1128&year=2023"
source_hash: "3827de32fdca63058475e37544410ec79595333dc98153ddbbd43a7173bc45e4"
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 1128 (2023-2024) — Raising the residential personal needs allowance.

## 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/1128.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1128.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bateman — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-25** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `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 Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-14** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **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 201, 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/a291ff90-da6a-4b4d-b5c6-5bc4917fd4de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).