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WA HB 1174

enacted

Concerning court interpreters.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WA HB 1174 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1174 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-16): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1174 about?

WA HB 1174 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning court interpreters.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1174?

Peterson is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1174, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-04-16 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Petersonprimary
  • Salahuddincosponsor
  • Lekanoffcosponsor
  • Ormsbycosponsor
  • Daviscosponsor
  • Goodmancosponsor
  • Hillcosponsor
  • Ortiz-Selfcosponsor
  • Taylorcosponsor
  • Ryucosponsor
  • Thaicosponsor
  • Simmonscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-16

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-04-16

    Chapter 55, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-04-16

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-11

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-10

    President signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-09

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-07

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  8. 2025-04-07

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2025-04-02

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  10. 2025-03-24

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  11. 2025-03-20

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2025-03-20

    LAW - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-03-20

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  14. 2025-03-18

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.

  15. 2025-03-07

    First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  16. 2025-03-05

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  17. 2025-03-05

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  18. 2025-03-05

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  19. 2025-03-05

    2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25).

    substitution

  20. 2025-03-04

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

    reading-2

  21. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-02-28

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  23. 2025-02-28

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  24. 2025-02-28

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

    substitution

  25. 2025-02-28

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  26. 2025-02-26

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

  27. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-02-14

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  29. 2025-02-14

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  30. 2025-02-14

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

    substitution

  31. 2025-02-14

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.

  32. 2025-01-22

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.

  33. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  34. 2025-01-07

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24)

    2025-03-05 · pass · 66-31

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: yes
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: yes
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: other
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9)

    2025-04-07 · pass · 46-3

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: no
    • 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: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1174&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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