---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing people 18 years of age or older to work in certain 21 year and older establishments."
description: "Allowing people 18 years of age or older to work in certain 21 year and older establishments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1730"
citation: "Washington HB 1730 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2b05e1a-f31f-44f6-8b68-d104dbc97d63"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1730&year=2023"
source_hash: "5e9f7c6cfa24538b87e5a2d4e47bee33b1cfd6ea8ee521eea06e1fea8e8ff8c3"
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 1730 (2023-2024) — Allowing people 18 years of age or older to work in certain 21 year and older establishments.

## 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/1730.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1730.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waters — primary (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchins — cosponsor (person)
- Klicker — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- McClintock — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 8:00 AM.
- **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; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 84; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 158, 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/f2b05e1a-f31f-44f6-8b68-d104dbc97d63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).