---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning construction crane safety."
description: "Concerning construction crane safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2022"
citation: "Washington HB 2022 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-22"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e24dfe8a-1b82-44b5-8933-5a245b855493"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2022&year=2023"
source_hash: "567fadfb350b3157d04ec415327be74334a5de35597a92ebb66aa15a022c3852"
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 2022 (2023-2024) — Concerning construction crane safety.

## 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/2022.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2022-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2022-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2022-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **77–20** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-22** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-02** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-15** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Chapter 311, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-28** Effective date 1/1/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e24dfe8a-1b82-44b5-8933-5a245b855493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).