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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the number of inhabitants required for incorporation as a city or town."
description: "Concerning the number of inhabitants required for incorporation as a city or town."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1620"
citation: "Washington HB 1620 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdecfa06-3103-4537-8a0f-2b31deab3084"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1620&year=2023"
source_hash: "c546b380a40cbb7f101d0ea09c437d91b4eeb10477060c310838e0a989bbabc0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington HB 1620 (2023-2024) — Concerning the number of inhabitants required for incorporation as a city or town.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1620.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1620-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1620-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Fey — primary (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-26** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-03** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading suspension calendar by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted (LG 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-16** LGLT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 82, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** Effective date 7/23/2023*. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdecfa06-3103-4537-8a0f-2b31deab3084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).