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type: "Bill"
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title: "Providing the payment of awards to whistleblowers who report violations of state or federal securities laws and providing protection to whistleblowers and internal reporters."
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description: "Providing the payment of awards to whistleblowers who report violations of state or federal securities laws and providing protection to whistleblowers and internal reporters."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "HB 1370"
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citation: "Washington HB 1370 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-17"
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last_action: "2023-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15f81945-0f7b-4613-b3ea-5110803781bd"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1370&year=2023"
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source_hash: "9a46f72c1f0f898d91619aa38e8042198e514b0efebd68080ce24100f58a31ba"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 1370 (2023-2024) — Providing the payment of awards to whistleblowers who report violations of state or federal securities laws and providing protection to whistleblowers and internal reporters.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1370.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1370.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Reeves — primary (person)
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- Corry — cosponsor (person)
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- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-17** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-02-07** CPB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-09** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2023-02-23** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
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- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 8:00 AM.
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- **2023-03-21** BFGT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2023-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-08** President signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-20** Chapter 149, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2023-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15f81945-0f7b-4613-b3ea-5110803781bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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