WA HB 1112
enactedRemoving the city residency requirement for judges pro tempore in municipalities with a population of more than 400,000 inhabitants.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WA HB 1112 pass?
Yes. WA HB 1112 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-11. Latest recorded action (2025-04-11): Effective date 7/27/2025.
What is WA HB 1112 about?
WA HB 1112 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Removing the city residency requirement for judges pro tempore in municipalities with a population of more than 400,000 inhabitants.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 1112?
Farivar is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1112, joined by 14 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-04-11 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Farivarprimary
- Ormsbycosponsor
- Streetcosponsor
- Gregersoncosponsor
- Obrascosponsor
- Taylorcosponsor
- Fitzgibboncosponsor
- Hillcosponsor
- Scottcosponsor
- Bergquistcosponsor
- Macricosponsor
- Reedcosponsor
- Berrycosponsor
- Daviscosponsor
- Ryucosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2024-12-20
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-17
Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
2025-01-22
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-22
CRJ - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-24
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-01-28
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-01-30
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-01-30
Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2025-01-31
First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-13
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-20
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-20
LAW - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-24
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-26
Placed on second reading consent calendar.
reading-2
2025-04-02
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-02
Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-04-04
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-07
President signed.
passage
2025-04-08
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-11
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-11
Chapter 36, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-11
Effective date 7/27/2025.
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7)
2025-01-30 · pass · 92-4
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: other
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9)
2025-04-02 · pass · 42-7
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: no
- Holy: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
Related bills
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