---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the recording of school board meetings."
description: "Concerning the recording of school board meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1210"
citation: "Washington HB 1210 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rude"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42d3880c-8470-4344-89d8-4c77f5157d42"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1210&year=2023"
source_hash: "a4c649c488625daa638ddbaed2d6692b18002682735859ed0bc0136bd8b8a31e"
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 1210 (2023-2024) — Concerning the recording of school board meetings.

## 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/1210.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1210.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1210.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rude — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-25** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** 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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 67, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** Effective date 6/30/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42d3880c-8470-4344-89d8-4c77f5157d42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).