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type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing functionally consolidated port districts to adopt a unified levy."
description: "Allowing functionally consolidated port districts to adopt a unified levy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1663"
citation: "Washington HB 1663 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goehner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dbbfebc-fdaa-4059-bb8e-b69a50c7556f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1663&year=2023"
source_hash: "2ed793591fe6ce2a626cf597c7fe19abf595e87c258b84b1ff66d2fc83c64cb7"
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 1663 (2023-2024) — Allowing functionally consolidated port districts to adopt a unified levy.
## 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/1663.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1663.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1663.PL.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **960** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **950** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Goehner — primary (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-30** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-17** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-22** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-23** LGLT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:45 PM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 215, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dbbfebc-fdaa-4059-bb8e-b69a50c7556f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).