WA HB 1209

enacted

Protecting public health and safety by regulating the transfer of sodium nitrite.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WA HB 1209 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1209 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-07): Effective date 4/7/2025.

What is WA HB 1209 about?

WA HB 1209 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Protecting public health and safety by regulating the transfer of sodium nitrite.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1209?

Mena is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1209, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-04-07 — Effective date 4/7/2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-04-07
Effective date 4/7/2025.
became-law
2025-04-07
Chapter 13, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-07
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-02
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-03-31
President signed.
passage
2025-03-31
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-03-26
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-03-26
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-21
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-03-17
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-13
BFT - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-13
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-07
First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-06
Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-02-06
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-06
1st substitute bill substituted (CPB 25).
substitution
2025-02-05
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-01-31
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-01-28
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-01-28
CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-01-28
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
2025-01-22
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
2025-01-17
Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-09
Prefiled for introduction.
filing

Versions

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10)
2025-02-06 · pass · 91-4
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: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: no
- 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: yes
- 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: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: other
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: other
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6)
2025-03-26 · pass · 49-0
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: yes
- 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: yes
- 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

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1209&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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