---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopting the social work licensure compact."
description: "Adopting the social work licensure compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1939"
citation: "Washington HB 1939 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3f64240-73f1-4ce3-8e1d-2a33c842f52f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1939&year=2023"
source_hash: "b7a3e05fb24af7e3c83e3f3c047eb575bb7cda904b29b551936d979c37535da8"
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 1939 (2023-2024) — Adopting the social work licensure compact.

## 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/1939.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1939-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1939-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-13** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-12** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-12** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **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`
- **2024-01-29** 1st substitute bill substituted (PEW 24). `substitution`
- **2024-01-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-16** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-22** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; 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`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 176, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** 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/e3f64240-73f1-4ce3-8e1d-2a33c842f52f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).