---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning bingo conducted by bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations."
description: "Concerning bingo conducted by bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1707"
citation: "Washington HB 1707 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kloba"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a382921-da6a-4a86-8e78-27b3a857d6af"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1707&year=2023"
source_hash: "6c3bf598ae0b9eea90be7f19bd0df60291b4c5ffde7cbc05836b2d991436da9e"
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 1707 (2023-2024) — Concerning bingo conducted by bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations.

## 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/1707.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1707.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kloba — primary (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** RSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-21** BFGT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 1; absent, 1; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 155, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** 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/1a382921-da6a-4a86-8e78-27b3a857d6af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).