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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Celebrating lunar new year."
description: "Celebrating lunar new year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2209"
citation: "Washington HB 2209 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thai"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/863155b3-101e-48b4-8c9b-fb660ed706c2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2209&year=2023"
source_hash: "59389d930fcf13672577c42615f9678d0d5759ec31d48e5b726ae611acf91765"
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 2209 (2023-2024) — Celebrating lunar new year.
## 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/2209.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2209.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Thai — primary (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-19** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** SGE - 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`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; 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`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 76, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** 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/863155b3-101e-48b4-8c9b-fb660ed706c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).