---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the public service loan forgiveness program."
description: "Concerning the public service loan forgiveness program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1950"
citation: "Washington HB 1950 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slatter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58cf5001-06ae-4f2c-8278-75ea2fb73fa7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1950&year=2023"
source_hash: "ff4930f3a97a430f180a2256b11e58bb6df14cc21f0d3f4b8a1fbbfdfb78bcee"
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 1950 (2023-2024) — Concerning the public service loan forgiveness program.

## 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/1950.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1950.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Slatter — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-14** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** 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; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** 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 Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-31** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** 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 2, 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/58cf5001-06ae-4f2c-8278-75ea2fb73fa7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).