republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-1905.md

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Bill	Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act.	Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 1905	Washington HB 1905 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Mena	3	31	2	2023-12-07	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/37d9bab9-8480-47d6-af5c-6e4a815fe71f	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1905&year=2023	0f29703e7504929ea580066a288a1a68df1c9ba06f665d449f32e161b957a7cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1905 (2023-2024) — Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — 63–34 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — 36–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mena — primary (person)
• Bateman — cosponsor (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Berry — cosponsor (person)
• Callan — cosponsor (person)
• Cortes — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Fosse — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Hackney — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
• Orwall — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Ramel — cosponsor (person)
• Ramos — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Street — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-12-07 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2024-01-08 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. reading-1
• 2024-01-10 Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-19 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-19 LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-19 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-23 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-03 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2024-02-03 APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-03 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 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 (LAWS 24). substitution
• 2024-02-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-12 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-15 LC - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-15 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-15 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-19 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-20 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, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-01 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-04 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Chapter 353, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-28 Effective date 7/1/2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37d9bab9-8480-47d6-af5c-6e4a815fe71f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).