republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-1892.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the workforce housing accelerator program."
description: "Concerning the workforce housing accelerator program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1892"
citation: "Washington HB 1892 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c532e38-cb38-40e5-939f-dc22d9915630"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1892&year=2023"
source_hash: "fe79c080a02b39b3d3082d019e5e86ee67064e5c167563728d91125ecadd85c4"
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 1892 (2023-2024) — Concerning the workforce housing accelerator program.

## 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/1892.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1892-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1892-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#47) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Connors — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Klicker — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — 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 Housing. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-15** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-15** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Capital Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-01** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-02** CB - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Housing. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (HOUS 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-16** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-18** Chapter 142, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-18** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c532e38-cb38-40e5-939f-dc22d9915630`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).