---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning unemployment insurance benefit charging."
description: "Concerning unemployment insurance benefit charging."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1898"
citation: "Washington HB 1898 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmidt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfedaf13-fb9a-431c-9c61-1d6a6adaddc1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1898&year=2023"
source_hash: "babc7632675501d30bc67b27b752f63c17002ff94acf7b0cc0499a3741f6ba03"
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 1898 (2023-2024) — Concerning unemployment insurance benefit charging.

## 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/1898.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1898.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Connors — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — 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 Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-12** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-12** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-26** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-19** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 51, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** 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/dfedaf13-fb9a-431c-9c61-1d6a6adaddc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).