---
type: "Bill"
title: "Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act."
description: "Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1905"
citation: "Washington HB 1905 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mena"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-07"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37d9bab9-8480-47d6-af5c-6e4a815fe71f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1905&year=2023"
source_hash: "0f29703e7504929ea580066a288a1a68df1c9ba06f665d449f32e161b957a7cc"
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 1905 (2023-2024) — Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act.

## 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/1905.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1905-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1905-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **63–34** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **36–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mena — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-03** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-15** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-15** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Chapter 353, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-28** Effective date 7/1/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37d9bab9-8480-47d6-af5c-6e4a815fe71f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).