---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating child marriage."
description: "Eliminating child marriage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1455"
citation: "Washington HB 1455 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stonier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6ea492c-c740-4077-8c1e-af1938cc3f96"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1455&year=2023"
source_hash: "12c0611b4fb2427d67f012ee0c4b14954b722250508b6502772ec6e9cc582873"
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 1455 (2023-2024) — Eliminating child marriage.

## 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/1455.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1455.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stonier — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-10** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2024-01-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-10** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-15** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-07** Chapter 10, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-07** 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/d6ea492c-c740-4077-8c1e-af1938cc3f96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).