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WA HB 1391

enacted

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

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1391 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1391 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-22. 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

  1. 2025-01-20

    First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services.

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  2. 2025-02-05

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

  3. 2025-02-07

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

  4. 2025-02-07

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

    substitution

  5. 2025-02-11

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-02-26

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

  7. 2025-02-28

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

  8. 2025-02-28

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

    substitution

  9. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-03-04

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

    reading-2

  11. 2025-03-05

    2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25).

    substitution

  12. 2025-03-05

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  13. 2025-03-05

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

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  14. 2025-03-07

    First reading, referred to Human Services.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  15. 2025-03-19

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

  16. 2025-03-25

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

  17. 2025-03-25

    HS - Majority; do pass.

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  18. 2025-03-25

    Minority; do not pass.

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  19. 2025-03-25

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  20. 2025-03-25

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-03-26

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-04-04

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

  23. 2025-04-08

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

  24. 2025-04-08

    WM - Majority; do pass.

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  25. 2025-04-08

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  26. 2025-04-08

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  27. 2025-04-09

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  28. 2025-04-14

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  29. 2025-04-14

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

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  30. 2025-04-15

    Speaker signed.

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  31. 2025-04-16

    President signed.

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  32. 2025-04-17

    Delivered to Governor.

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  33. 2025-04-22

    Governor signed.

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  34. 2025-04-22

    Chapter 140, 2025 Laws.

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  35. 2025-04-22

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

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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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

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

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