---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting the sale of over-the-counter sexual assault kits."
description: "Prohibiting the sale of over-the-counter sexual assault kits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1564"
citation: "Washington HB 1564 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mosbrucker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fcdcbae-ab83-4dfc-b1d2-6172c8322226"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1564&year=2023"
source_hash: "50e67c746910c74971f8694404c8588b5b3e7f4b3b52f960bed9501a5950aa1c"
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 1564 (2023-2024) — Prohibiting the sale of over-the-counter sexual assault kits.

## 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/1564.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1564.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mosbrucker — primary (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — 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`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-16** CSJR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 6:00 PM.
- **2023-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **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 296, 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/3fcdcbae-ab83-4dfc-b1d2-6172c8322226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).