---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the working families' tax credit by clarifying the refundable nature of the credit, the application requirements, and the eligibility verification process."
description: "Modifying the working families' tax credit by clarifying the refundable nature of the credit, the application requirements, and the eligibility verification process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1895"
citation: "Washington HB 1895 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thai"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e799f01-bdce-41f3-bf89-aa7062bd5806"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1895&year=2023"
source_hash: "3eed63de2723999f8018ea2198fcbfc76766292821d0b7d0ba00d9dd1275da23"
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 1895 (2023-2024) — Modifying the working families' tax credit by clarifying the refundable nature of the credit, the application requirements, and the eligibility verification process.

## 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/1895.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1895.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thai — primary (person)
- Connors — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-16** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-18** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-01** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended.
- **2024-02-13** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-28** Chapter 3, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-02-28** 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/3e799f01-bdce-41f3-bf89-aa7062bd5806`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).