---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a missing and murdered indigenous women and people cold case investigations unit."
description: "Creating a missing and murdered indigenous women and people cold case investigations unit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1177"
citation: "Washington HB 1177 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lekanoff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43a0a259-1f2c-454f-a870-c53af09cb538"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1177&year=2023"
source_hash: "1e1c3d017df400003ce12a58b6dc3a9f94e22daa41ccffcd7bb857118b480b05"
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 1177 (2023-2024) — Creating a missing and murdered indigenous women and people cold case investigations unit.

## 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/1177.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1177-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1177-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lekanoff — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** CSJR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-09** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-14** 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 (CSJR 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 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. `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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 104, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** 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/43a0a259-1f2c-454f-a870-c53af09cb538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).