republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-2544.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning the definition of veteran.	Concerning the definition of veteran.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	HB 2544	Washington HB 2544 (2019-2020)	bill	VETERANS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES	enacted	Paul	2	27	2	2020-01-15	2020-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/3e616d78-dba5-4495-859e-d5eaf6915728	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2544&year=2019	ea8f36a379a9c9515e2f871684ecba66cfc1f5f7cd0b44586f06884803345b8d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2544 (2019-2020) — Concerning the definition of veteran.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Paul — primary (person)
• Dufault — cosponsor (person)
• Graham — cosponsor (person)
• Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Volz — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-15 First reading, referred to Appropriations. reading-1
• 2020-02-07 APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-02-12 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-02-13 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-02-07 APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-02-12 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-02-13 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-02-13 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-13 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2020-02-17 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2020-03-02 WM - Majority; do pass.
• 2020-03-02 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2020-03-05 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2020-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2020-03-09 Speaker signed. passage
• 2020-03-10 President signed. passage
• 2020-03-11 Delivered to Governor.
• 2020-03-27 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2020-03-27 Chapter 178, 2020 Laws. became-law
• 2020-03-27 Effective date 6/11/2020. became-law
• 2020-01-23T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
• 2020-02-06T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
• 2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
• 2020-02-26T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e616d78-dba5-4495-859e-d5eaf6915728. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).