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WA HB 1281

enacted

Making technical corrections and removing obsolete language from the Revised Code of Washington pursuant to RCW 1.08.025.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1281 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1281 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 1281 about?

WA HB 1281 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Making technical corrections and removing obsolete language from the Revised Code of Washington pursuant to RCW 1.08.025.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1281?

Goodman is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1281, joined by 2 cosponsors.

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

Sponsors

  • Goodmanprimary
  • Hillcosponsor
  • Simmonscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-14

    First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.

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  2. 2025-01-22

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

  3. 2025-02-12

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.

  4. 2025-02-12

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

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  5. 2025-02-12

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  6. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  7. 2025-03-04

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

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  8. 2025-03-05

    1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 25).

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  9. 2025-03-05

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  10. 2025-03-05

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  11. 2025-03-07

    First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

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  12. 2025-03-25

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

  13. 2025-03-27

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

  14. 2025-03-27

    LAW - Majority; do pass.

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  15. 2025-03-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  16. 2025-04-04

    Placed on second reading consent calendar.

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  17. 2025-04-05

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  18. 2025-04-05

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  19. 2025-04-09

    Speaker signed.

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  20. 2025-04-10

    President signed.

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  21. 2025-04-11

    Delivered to Governor.

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  22. 2025-04-16

    Governor signed.

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  23. 2025-04-16

    Chapter 58, 2025 Laws.

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  24. 2025-04-16

    Effective date 7/27/2025*.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15)

    2025-03-05 · pass · 97-0

    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: 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: 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 (#8)

    2025-04-05 · pass · 48-0

    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: other
    • 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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