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Bill Closing the digital equity divide by increasing the accessibility and affordability of telecommunications services, devices, and training. Closing the digital equity divide by increasing the accessibility and affordability of telecommunications services, devices, and training. us/states/wa Washington Legislature 2021-2022 HB 1723 Washington HB 1723 (2021-2022)
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COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT
COMPUTERS
EQUITY
WASHINGTON STATE OFFICE
GOVERNOR
LOW-INCOME PERSONS
MINORITIES
NAMED ACTS
PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
DEPARTMENT
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
enacted
Gregerson
4 52 3 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 2022-12-30T05:00:00+00:00 openstates ocd-bill/1b79004c-3b3d-41ed-a6b3-e5f00c6705be http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1723&year=2021 37be284ce30b77acc6c78cf6755344daddb6e0d33be87da94b98c4eeee92127c 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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bill
us-wa

Washington HB 1723 (2021-2022) — Closing the digital equity divide by increasing the accessibility and affordability of telecommunications services, devices, and training.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
  2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
  3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
  4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — 27–20 (pass) · upper
  • Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — 70–28 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — 68–30 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Gregerson — primary (person)
  • Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
  • Berry — cosponsor (person)
  • Dolan — cosponsor (person)
  • Frame — cosponsor (person)
  • Goodman — cosponsor (person)
  • Hackney — cosponsor (person)
  • Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Kloba — cosponsor (person)
  • Macri — cosponsor (person)
  • Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
  • Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
  • Peterson — cosponsor (person)
  • Pollet — cosponsor (person)
  • Ramel — cosponsor (person)
  • Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
  • Ryu — cosponsor (person)
  • Simmons — cosponsor (person)
  • Slatter — cosponsor (person)
  • Stonier — cosponsor (person)
  • Taylor — cosponsor (person)
  • Valdez — cosponsor (person)
  • Wylie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-12-30T05:00:00+00:00 Prefiled for introduction. filing
  • 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development. reading-1
  • 2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM.
  • 2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
  • 2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM.
  • 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 CED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
  • 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
  • 2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
  • 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
  • 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
  • 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
  • 2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
  • 2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 22). substitution
  • 2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
  • 2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
  • 2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
  • 2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. reading-1
  • 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing scheduled, but not heard in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
  • 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
  • 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 ENET - Majority; without recommendation.
  • 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
  • 2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
  • 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
  • 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  • 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading. reading-2
  • 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
  • 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
  • 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
  • 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments.
  • 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Passed final passage; yeas, 70; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
  • 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
  • 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 265, 2022 Laws. became-law
  • 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 6/9/2022*. became-law
  • 2022-01-11T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
  • 2022-01-18T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
  • 2022-01-27T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
  • 2022-02-01T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
  • 2022-02-24T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM
  • 2022-02-24T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM
  • 2022-02-26T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
  • 2022-02-28T15:00:00+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; origin ocd-bill/1b79004c-3b3d-41ed-a6b3-e5f00c6705be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).