WA HB 1222
enactedConcerning public inspection and copying of proprietary financial and security information submitted to or obtained by the gambling commission.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WA HB 1222 pass?
Yes. WA HB 1222 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-21. Latest recorded action (2025-04-21): Effective date 7/27/2025.
What is WA HB 1222 about?
WA HB 1222 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning public inspection and copying of proprietary financial and security information submitted to or obtained by the gambling commission.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 1222?
Stearns is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1222, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-04-21 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Stearnsprimary
- Klobacosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-09
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-21
Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
2025-01-31
Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 9:00 AM.
2025-01-31
SGOV - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-31
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-04
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-02-11
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-02-13
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-13
Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 4.
reading-3
2025-02-14
First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-14
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-21
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-21
SGTE - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-21
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-25
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-02
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-04-08
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-08
Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-04-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-14
President signed.
passage
2025-04-15
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-21
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-21
Chapter 81, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-21
Effective date 7/27/2025.
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)
2025-02-13 · pass · 73-21
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: yes
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: other
- 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: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: other
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: no
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: other
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15)
2025-04-08 · pass · 47-2
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: 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
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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