---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning activities in which the office of public defense may engage without violating the prohibition on providing direct representation of clients."
description: "Concerning activities in which the office of public defense may engage without violating the prohibition on providing direct representation of clients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1911"
citation: "Washington HB 1911 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-07"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b07c3a27-bb6f-4e6e-a2fb-88d32cab5727"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1911&year=2023"
source_hash: "a8625632fcc85e46e1e614bb22adf28fcc15f2d79f5b9973d4a23e69a2c3d218"
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 1911 (2023-2024) — Concerning activities in which the office of public defense may engage without violating the prohibition on providing direct representation of clients.

## 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/1911.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1911-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1911-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **79–18** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — 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 Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 79; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 294, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** 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/b07c3a27-bb6f-4e6e-a2fb-88d32cab5727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).