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WA HB 1414

enacted

Improving access to career opportunities for students.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1414 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1414 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 1414 about?

WA HB 1414 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Improving access to career opportunities for students.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1414?

Connors is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1414, joined by 11 cosponsors.

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

Sponsors

  • Connorsprimary
  • Shaverscosponsor
  • Tharingercosponsor
  • Daviscosponsor
  • Pennercosponsor
  • McClintockcosponsor
  • Timmonscosponsor
  • Couturecosponsor
  • Springercosponsor
  • Rudecosponsor
  • Paulcosponsor
  • Keatoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-20

    First reading, referred to Education.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-11

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.

  3. 2025-02-18

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.

  4. 2025-02-18

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

    substitution

  5. 2025-02-21

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-03-10

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

    reading-2

  7. 2025-03-12

    1st substitute bill substituted (ED 25).

    substitution

  8. 2025-03-12

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  9. 2025-03-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-03-12

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

    reading-3

  11. 2025-03-14

    First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

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  12. 2025-03-19

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.

  13. 2025-03-27

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.

  14. 2025-03-27

    EDU - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-03-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  16. 2025-04-02

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  17. 2025-04-07

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  18. 2025-04-07

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

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  19. 2025-04-09

    Speaker signed.

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  20. 2025-04-10

    President signed.

    passage

  21. 2025-04-11

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  22. 2025-04-16

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  23. 2025-04-16

    Chapter 61, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  24. 2025-04-16

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13)

    2025-03-12 · 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 (#10)

    2025-04-07 · pass · 48-1

    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: no
    • 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

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