WA HB 1234
enactedConcerning the mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers advisory committee.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WA HB 1234 pass?
Yes. WA HB 1234 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-07. Latest recorded action (2025-04-07): Effective date 7/27/2025.
What is WA HB 1234 about?
WA HB 1234 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning the mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers advisory committee.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 1234?
Simmons is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1234, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-04-07 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Simmonsprimary
- Rulecosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-09
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-22
Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
2025-01-24
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-24
HCW - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-27
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-01-28
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-02-06
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-06
Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2025-02-07
First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-14
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
2025-03-18
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-18
HLTC - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-19
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-21
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-03-26
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-26
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-03-31
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-03-31
President signed.
passage
2025-04-02
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-07
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-07
Chapter 20, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-07
Effective date 7/27/2025.
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1)
2025-02-06 · pass · 96-0
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: 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: 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: 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 (#21)
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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