republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-1239.md

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Bill	Establishing a simple and uniform system for complaints related to, and instituting a code of educator ethics for, conduct within or involving public elementary and secondary schools.	Establishing a simple and uniform system for complaints related to, and instituting a code of educator ethics for, conduct within or involving public elementary and secondary schools.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 1239	Washington HB 1239 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Santos	7	58	3	2023-01-11	2024-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/8da9c119-fd0f-4218-888f-fc1b97bac533	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1239&year=2023	f39e6ca7613b1dfc649d06da84e7338f1d33954fcfbd8b6b013728cc432d89d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1239 (2023-2024) — Establishing a simple and uniform system for complaints related to, and instituting a code of educator ethics for, conduct within or involving public elementary and secondary schools.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Fourth Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Fourth Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Fourth Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
5. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
6. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
7. Third Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — 92–5 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — 94–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#37) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Santos — primary (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Ramel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-11 First reading, referred to Education. reading-1
• 2023-01-23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
• 2023-02-02 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
• 2023-02-07 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
• 2023-02-07 ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2023-02-07 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-07 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-09 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2023-02-20 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
• 2023-02-23 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2023-02-23 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2023-02-23 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-23 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-25 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2024-01-08 Committee relieved of further consideration.
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Education. referral-committee
• 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; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-30 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-30 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-31 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2024-02-03 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2024-02-05 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-05 APP - Majority; 4th substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-02-05 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-05 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-12 4th substitute bill substituted (APP 24). substitution
• 2024-02-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-14 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2024-02-19 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 with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-24 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
• 2024-02-26 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
• 2024-02-26 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2024-02-29 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-03-06 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2024-03-06 Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2024-03-07 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-25 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-25 Chapter 219, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-25 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8da9c119-fd0f-4218-888f-fc1b97bac533. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).