---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding eligibility for employment of certain law enforcement and prosecutor office positions."
description: "Expanding eligibility for employment of certain law enforcement and prosecutor office positions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1530"
citation: "Washington HB 1530 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0631a03-e15f-48fe-aeb5-b35220e6f854"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1530&year=2023"
source_hash: "b63f0afd5a04fffe4a3571b3c465d90ae188a657990ed9018ae0bb6d1864ad9e"
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 1530 (2023-2024) — Expanding eligibility for employment of certain law enforcement and prosecutor office positions.

## 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/1530.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1530.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortes — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-13** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-13** CSJR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2024-01-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-26** 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`
- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 11, 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/c0631a03-e15f-48fe-aeb5-b35220e6f854`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).