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WA HB 1205

enacted

Prohibiting the knowing distribution of a forged digital likeness.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1205 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1205 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-16. Latest recorded action (2025-04-16): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1205 about?

WA HB 1205 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Prohibiting the knowing distribution of a forged digital likeness.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1205?

Ryu is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1205, joined by 6 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

  • Ryuprimary
  • Klobacosponsor
  • Polletcosponsor
  • Timmonscosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor
  • Obrascosponsor
  • Callancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Community Safety.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-04

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.

  4. 2025-02-13

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.

  5. 2025-02-13

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

    substitution

  6. 2025-02-14

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-02-28

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

    reading-2

  8. 2025-03-04

    1st substitute bill substituted (CS 25).

    substitution

  9. 2025-03-04

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-03-04

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-03-06

    First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  12. 2025-03-17

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  13. 2025-03-20

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

  14. 2025-03-20

    LAW - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-03-20

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  16. 2025-03-24

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  17. 2025-03-26

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  18. 2025-04-04

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  19. 2025-04-04

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  20. 2025-04-09

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  21. 2025-04-10

    President signed.

    passage

  22. 2025-04-11

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  23. 2025-04-16

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  24. 2025-04-16

    Chapter 51, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  25. 2025-04-16

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7)

    2025-03-04 · pass · 90-7

    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: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Hackney: other
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: yes
    • Schmidt: no
    • 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: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13)

    2025-04-04 · pass · 43-6

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • 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: no
    • 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.: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1205&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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