---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the authority of the community economic revitalization board with respect to loans and grants to political subdivisions and federally recognized Indian tribes for broadband."
description: "Concerning the authority of the community economic revitalization board with respect to loans and grants to political subdivisions and federally recognized Indian tribes for broadband."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1982"
citation: "Washington HB 1982 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab5d7a59-4b46-48db-8ddb-01d6d6ccbc04"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1982&year=2023"
source_hash: "8e519c420e1e049a3b809d2ad9721075858c87cff7a34c1058b67db1ec1b1b22"
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 1982 (2023-2024) — Concerning the authority of the community economic revitalization board with respect to loans and grants to political subdivisions and federally recognized Indian tribes for broadband.

## 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/1982.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1982.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waters — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- McClintock — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-16** ICEV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Referred to Capital Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-02** CB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** BFGT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Chapter 86, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-14** 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/ab5d7a59-4b46-48db-8ddb-01d6d6ccbc04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).