---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funding special education."
description: "Funding special education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1436"
citation: "Washington HB 1436 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pollet"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c6943d3-8311-4ea1-86dc-a27ffd20ca30"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1436&year=2023"
source_hash: "617cda40cfdefb3814023679d0aef77b579af639fa704c5d25de8848060f7ea8"
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 1436 (2023-2024) — Funding special 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/1436.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1436-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1436-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1436-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 153 Stokesbary Striker (#13) — **44–52** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pollet — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-20** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:45 PM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **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`
- **2023-04-19** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2023-04-21** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2023-04-21** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-21** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2023-04-21** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-21** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 417, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** 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/6c6943d3-8311-4ea1-86dc-a27ffd20ca30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).