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type: "Bill"
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title: "Increasing state funding for operating costs in schools."
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description: "Increasing state funding for operating costs in schools."
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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 2494"
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citation: "Washington HB 2494 (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: ["Bergquist"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-02-05"
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last_action: "2024-03-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/583a2a3c-207c-44f6-8a82-9244abb614be"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2494&year=2023"
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source_hash: "735e6afdd7773397ea23365e0240b0d7ea2c05906bcd0b9c3d8bbdc42038d1b1"
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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 2494 (2023-2024) — Increasing state funding for operating costs in schools.
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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/2494.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2494-S.E.htm)
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3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2494-S.htm)
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4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2494-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#57) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **80–17** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bergquist — primary (person)
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- Callan — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Rude — cosponsor (person)
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- Senn — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-05** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-05** Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-05** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
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- **2024-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-15** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
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- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-21** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-02-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-26** Chapter 262, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-26** 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/583a2a3c-207c-44f6-8a82-9244abb614be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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