---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning state-tribal education compacts."
description: "Concerning state-tribal education compacts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2335"
citation: "Washington HB 2335 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santos"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/375d86a8-99a1-4036-ac41-cea41720a051"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2335&year=2023"
source_hash: "96095b293f62dc6192af9c029444f96d68684db16a2c8e6d085a6b4ea1815fd4"
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 2335 (2023-2024) — Concerning state-tribal education compacts.

## 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/2335.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2335-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2335-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santos — primary (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-30** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `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 206, 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/375d86a8-99a1-4036-ac41-cea41720a051`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).