republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-1424.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning access to state career and technical course equivalencies."
description: "Concerning access to state career and technical course equivalencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1424"
citation: "Washington HB 1424 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5da3d90e-892c-434c-b308-899023e6fea7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1424&year=2019"
source_hash: "229b9ba726ccc925bc8af59382b2b9f4ad98717668933cbe96470db5ba562a2d"
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 1424 (2019-2020) — Concerning access to state career and technical course equivalencies.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1424.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1424-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1424-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#3) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-19** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-27** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-13** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 221, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-27T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5da3d90e-892c-434c-b308-899023e6fea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).