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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relieving individuals from paying interest on certain unemployment insurance overpayment assessments."
description: "Relieving individuals from paying interest on certain unemployment insurance overpayment assessments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1975"
citation: "Washington HB 1975 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf50db4d-6fb4-43ac-afd2-fef4af7f61ab"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1975&year=2023"
source_hash: "0ead1413cd58f26721d0af19bdab80bf9f7d6ff6b1cf223e8ce419bc066329df"
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 1975 (2023-2024) — Relieving individuals from paying interest on certain unemployment insurance overpayment assessments.
## 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/1975.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1975.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-15** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-15** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-07** Chapter 8, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-07** 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/cf50db4d-6fb4-43ac-afd2-fef4af7f61ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).