---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing sexual misconduct at scholarly or professional associations."
description: "Addressing sexual misconduct at scholarly or professional associations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1522"
citation: "Washington HB 1522 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pollet"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2adc23ff-96ef-47e4-b340-582ca4636184"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1522&year=2023"
source_hash: "8addf9bcdeb99f4e84992abef8cd04f50e2562580b582d2367fb39f51b08de36"
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 1522 (2023-2024) — Addressing sexual misconduct at scholarly or professional associations.

## 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/1522.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1522-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1522-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1522-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pollet — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-03** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-14** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-22** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** 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 79, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** 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/2adc23ff-96ef-47e4-b340-582ca4636184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).