republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-2246.md

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Bill	Concerning vacation leave accrual for state employees.	Concerning vacation leave accrual for state employees.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 2246	Washington HB 2246 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Bateman	2	33	2	2024-01-09	2024-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/390c1a11-4e33-436f-b298-a0c35544e58e	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2246&year=2023	e02595ab1c6fa072a1c4af046ed61aa864f4beb59b188b1b95e23a75fe400847	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2246 (2023-2024) — Concerning vacation leave accrual for state employees.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bateman — primary (person)
• Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Low — cosponsor (person)
• Paul — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Robertson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. reading-1
• 2024-01-23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-30 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-30 LAWS - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-31 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2024-02-03 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2024-02-05 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-05 APP - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-05 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-14 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2024-02-20 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-20 LC - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-20 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 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; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-28 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, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. 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 151, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-18 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/390c1a11-4e33-436f-b298-a0c35544e58e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).