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WA HB 1085

died on adjournment

Improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and extracurricular activities and requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1085 pass?

No. WA HB 1085 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-12): By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

What is WA HB 1085 about?

WA HB 1085 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and extracurricular activities and requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1085?

Schmidt is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1085, joined by 14 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Schmidtprimary
  • Couturecosponsor
  • Eslickcosponsor
  • Barkiscosponsor
  • Griffeycosponsor
  • McEntirecosponsor
  • Volzcosponsor
  • Klickercosponsor
  • Nancecosponsor
  • McClintockcosponsor
  • Ybarracosponsor
  • Leavittcosponsor
  • Waterscosponsor
  • Timmonscosponsor
  • Lowcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-16

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Community Safety.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-27

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.

  4. 2025-02-06

    Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.

  5. 2025-02-11

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.

  6. 2025-02-11

    CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  7. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-02-22

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  9. 2025-02-26

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  10. 2025-02-26

    APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  11. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-03-04

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  13. 2025-03-19

    Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.

  14. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1085&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

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