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type: "Bill"
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title: "Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act."
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description: "Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act."
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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 1905"
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citation: "Washington HB 1905 (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: ["Mena"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-12-07"
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last_action: "2024-03-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37d9bab9-8480-47d6-af5c-6e4a815fe71f"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1905&year=2023"
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source_hash: "0f29703e7504929ea580066a288a1a68df1c9ba06f665d449f32e161b957a7cc"
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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 1905 (2023-2024) — Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act.
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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/1905.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1905-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1905-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **63–34** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **36–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mena — primary (person)
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- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
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- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
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- Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- Callan — cosponsor (person)
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- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
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- Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
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- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — 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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- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Senn — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Street — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-01-19** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2024-01-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-01-23** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-03** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 24). `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-15** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-15** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-15** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-28** Chapter 353, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-28** Effective date 7/1/2025. `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/37d9bab9-8480-47d6-af5c-6e4a815fe71f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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