---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promoting economic development by increasing opportunities for local communities to secure federal funding."
description: "Promoting economic development by increasing opportunities for local communities to secure federal funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1870"
citation: "Washington HB 1870 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-05"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d9b7da1-d30b-4903-9cf6-3b640cef7a42"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1870&year=2023"
source_hash: "a3bc706560e2157e44b3fe949762e37e0942f023fbc80acd0cd0ec695910ade1"
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 1870 (2023-2024) — Promoting economic development by increasing opportunities for local communities to secure federal funding.

## 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/1870.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1870-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1870-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#51) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#48) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnard — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Connors — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-16** ICEV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-05** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** BFGT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25** Chapter 223, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-25** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d9b7da1-d30b-4903-9cf6-3b640cef7a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).