---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the criminal justice treatment account."
description: "Concerning the criminal justice treatment account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1983"
citation: "Washington HB 1983 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3c653eb-11cd-44a0-9466-25a92a0fbdca"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1983&year=2023"
source_hash: "77b8cca8e9726662ef09593e6c43787f0be952c33d2de8c19ec548b540f3d7cf"
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 1983 (2023-2024) — Concerning the criminal justice treatment account.

## 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/1983.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1983.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#46) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — 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 Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-24** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** 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 Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-23** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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 179, 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/b3c653eb-11cd-44a0-9466-25a92a0fbdca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).