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type: "Bill"
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title: "Adding an additional superior court judge in Whatcom county."
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description: "Adding an additional superior court judge in Whatcom county."
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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 1992"
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citation: "Washington HB 1992 (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: ["Timmons"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-12-20"
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last_action: "2024-03-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c5ebf8c-111d-470d-a554-2650494feb44"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1992&year=2023"
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source_hash: "da986791ac0bb9ae7bdd96389fb9f6a2f5aa352fce0a21f04623ce14c1a233be"
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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 1992 (2023-2024) — Adding an additional superior court judge in Whatcom county.
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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/1992.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1992.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Timmons — primary (person)
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- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-01-30** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-05** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-15** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-01** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-15** Chapter 112, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-15** Effective date 6/6/2024. `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/6c5ebf8c-111d-470d-a554-2650494feb44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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