WA HB 1393
enactedProviding public school students with opportunities for cultural expression at commencement ceremonies.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WA HB 1393 pass?
Yes. WA HB 1393 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 1393 about?
WA HB 1393 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Providing public school students with opportunities for cultural expression at commencement ceremonies.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 1393?
McEntire is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1393, joined by 13 cosponsors.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2025-04-21 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- McEntireprimary
- Hillcosponsor
- Ormsbycosponsor
- Polletcosponsor
- Wyliecosponsor
- Springercosponsor
- Taylorcosponsor
- Santoscosponsor
- Thaicosponsor
- Simmonscosponsor
- Stoniercosponsor
- Morgancosponsor
- McEntirecosponsor
- Bergquistcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-20
First reading, referred to Education.
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2025-02-13
Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-18
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-18
ED - Majority; do pass.
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2025-02-20
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-02-28
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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2025-03-04
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-03-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 3.
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2025-03-07
First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-13
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-20
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-20
EDU - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-20
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-24
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-04
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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2025-04-11
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-04-11
Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.
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2025-04-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-14
President signed.
passage
2025-04-15
Delivered to Governor.
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2025-04-21
Governor signed.
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2025-04-21
Chapter 88, 2025 Laws.
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2025-04-21
Effective date 7/27/2025.
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Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32)
2025-03-04 · pass · 88-7
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: no
- 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: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- 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: no
- Macri: other
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: no
- 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: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: other
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)
2025-04-11 · pass · 47-1
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: no
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: other
- 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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