---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry."
description: "Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1534"
citation: "Washington HB 1534 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6596633b-accb-4af1-bd58-6933cfd9f15a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1534&year=2023"
source_hash: "626c1eb085efff008c3e9136ebd75ffc295be74bf56e9ff26f475a64c3f1fd53"
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 1534 (2023-2024) — Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry.

## 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/1534.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1534-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1534-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1534-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#44) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-14** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **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, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:45 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Commerce. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 213, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** 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/6596633b-accb-4af1-bd58-6933cfd9f15a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).