---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building a multilingual, multiliterate Washington through dual and tribal language education."
description: "Building a multilingual, multiliterate Washington through dual and tribal language education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1228"
citation: "Washington HB 1228 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89f1aa22-204c-46f8-9165-4e388e0fc9dc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1228&year=2023"
source_hash: "3b095527ad2fa8f17880c142dc7b73ac0cd2792029e29baadf5fdb0c5403fd5f"
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 1228 (2023-2024) — Building a multilingual, multiliterate Washington through dual and tribal language education.

## 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/1228.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1228-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1228-S.htm)
4. **Third Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1228-S3.htm)
5. **Third Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1228-S3.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-07** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2024-01-08** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-29** ED - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-05** APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 3rd substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 8. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 202, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89f1aa22-204c-46f8-9165-4e388e0fc9dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).