republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-1277.md

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Bill	Establishing rules to improve the consistency and quality of the implementation of the fundamental courses of study for paraeducators.	Establishing rules to improve the consistency and quality of the implementation of the fundamental courses of study for paraeducators.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 1277	Washington HB 1277 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Donaghy	4	43	4	2023-01-12	2024-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/c845306b-23db-4944-95e3-5e4b28aeb48b	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1277&year=2023	07da00980ff8c46ac9a147ec51dbf055f0d2480093e407617111abb3f2573b52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1277 (2023-2024) — Establishing rules to improve the consistency and quality of the implementation of the fundamental courses of study for paraeducators.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#33) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donaghy — primary (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Slatter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 First reading, referred to Education. reading-1
• 2023-01-19 Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
• 2023-01-26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
• 2023-01-26 ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2023-01-30 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2023-02-03 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2023-02-27 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 23). substitution
• 2023-02-27 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2023-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2023-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2023-03-01 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2023-03-09 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
• 2023-03-13 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
• 2023-03-13 EDU - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2023-04-11 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2023-04-17 Senate Rules "X" file.
• 2023-04-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2024-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2024-01-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. reading-3
• 2024-01-10 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-01-10 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-01-12 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2024-02-14 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
• 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 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-23 WM - Majority; without recommendation.
• 2024-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-27 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
• 2024-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2024-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. passage
• 2024-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-19 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-19 Chapter 173, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-19 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c845306b-23db-4944-95e3-5e4b28aeb48b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).