republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-2494.md

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Bill	Increasing state funding for operating costs in schools.	Increasing state funding for operating costs in schools.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 2494	Washington HB 2494 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Bergquist	4	34	3	2024-02-05	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/583a2a3c-207c-44f6-8a82-9244abb614be	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2494&year=2023	735e6afdd7773397ea23365e0240b0d7ea2c05906bcd0b9c3d8bbdc42038d1b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2494 (2023-2024) — Increasing state funding for operating costs in schools.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#57) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — 80–17 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bergquist — primary (person)
• Callan — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Paul — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Rude — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Stonier — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-05 First reading, referred to Appropriations. reading-1
• 2024-02-05 Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-05 APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-02-05 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-05 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 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
• 2024-02-13 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 24). substitution
• 2024-02-13 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-13 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-15 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2024-02-19 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-21 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-21 EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-24 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
• 2024-02-26 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
• 2024-02-26 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-29 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-03-01 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 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
• 2024-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2024-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. passage
• 2024-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Chapter 262, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-26 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/583a2a3c-207c-44f6-8a82-9244abb614be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).