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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarifying requirements governing the withholding of high school diplomas."
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description: "Clarifying requirements governing the withholding of high school diplomas."
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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 1536"
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citation: "Washington HB 1536 (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: ["Timmons"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-24"
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last_action: "2023-05-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50bd2a28-b274-401a-b2a7-628f746367ca"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1536&year=2023"
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source_hash: "22aeb4fcaa7d40867528dbf18c33265d71adb259c9d086fa7577f3bf35d7c5eb"
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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 1536 (2023-2024) — Clarifying requirements governing the withholding of high school diplomas.
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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/1536.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1536.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **28–21** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **74–21** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Timmons — primary (person)
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- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
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- Walen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-02-13** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-02-13** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-13** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-02-15** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 74; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-03-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-09** Chapter 384, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2023-05-09** 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/50bd2a28-b274-401a-b2a7-628f746367ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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