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WA HB 1391

enacted

Improving developmentally appropriate alternatives for youth outside the formal court process.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WA HB 1391 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1391 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-22): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1391 about?

WA HB 1391 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Improving developmentally appropriate alternatives for youth outside the formal court process.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1391?

Cortes is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1391, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-04-22 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cortesprimary
  • Scottcosponsor
  • Timmonscosponsor
  • Streetcosponsor
  • Salahuddincosponsor
  • Taylorcosponsor
  • Dogliocosponsor
  • Goodmancosponsor
  • Santoscosponsor
  • Reedcosponsor
  • Petersoncosponsor
  • Simmonscosponsor
  • Stoniercosponsor
  • Ryucosponsor
  • Eslickcosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-22

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-04-22

    Chapter 140, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-04-22

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-17

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-16

    President signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-15

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-14

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  8. 2025-04-14

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2025-04-09

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  10. 2025-04-08

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  11. 2025-04-08

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2025-04-08

    WM - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-04-08

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  14. 2025-04-04

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  15. 2025-03-26

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  16. 2025-03-25

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  17. 2025-03-25

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  18. 2025-03-25

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  19. 2025-03-25

    HS - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-03-25

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.

  21. 2025-03-19

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.

  22. 2025-03-07

    First reading, referred to Human Services.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  23. 2025-03-05

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 5.

    reading-3

  24. 2025-03-05

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  25. 2025-03-05

    2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25).

    substitution

  26. 2025-03-04

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

    reading-2

  27. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-02-28

    APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  29. 2025-02-28

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  30. 2025-02-26

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  31. 2025-02-11

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  32. 2025-02-07

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

    substitution

  33. 2025-02-07

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.

  34. 2025-02-05

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.

  35. 2025-01-20

    First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services.

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4)

    2025-03-05 · pass · 91-2

    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: no
    • 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: other
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: other
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: other
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: other
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16)

    2025-04-14 · pass · 45-4

    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: no
    • 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.: no

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1391&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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