---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning arrest protections for the medical use of cannabis."
description: "Concerning arrest protections for the medical use of cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1563"
citation: "Washington HB 1563 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kloba"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96899287-3b48-4a5b-b26e-01b11d620942"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1563&year=2023"
source_hash: "ac1b37f5b69a65375e17b7ffce0c1eaccc628016cbfa1ea0bc1d1f7d6f7400c3"
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 1563 (2023-2024) — Concerning arrest protections for the medical use of cannabis.

## 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/1563.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1563.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **63–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kloba — primary (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-02** RSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** 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 session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-27** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 254, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/96899287-3b48-4a5b-b26e-01b11d620942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).