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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing persons to receive professional licenses and certifications regardless of immigration or citizenship status."
description: "Allowing persons to receive professional licenses and certifications regardless of immigration or citizenship status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1889"
citation: "Washington HB 1889 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad893b83-2076-4a86-9d55-09be5229af92"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1889&year=2023"
source_hash: "cfdf83f50acb2f5805dcf14816b87c0578d68baf1f61b6f4be39ee8e1bbc8369"
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 1889 (2023-2024) — Allowing persons to receive professional licenses and certifications regardless of immigration or citizenship status.
## 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/1889.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1889-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1889-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **66–31** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **41–8** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Walen — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-16** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-26** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted (CPB 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 50, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 7/1/2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad893b83-2076-4a86-9d55-09be5229af92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).