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WA HB 1419

died on adjournment

Requiring interpreters providing services under certain state contracts and purchase agreements to complete national fingerprint background checks.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1419 pass?

No. WA HB 1419 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-12): By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

What is WA HB 1419 about?

WA HB 1419 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Requiring interpreters providing services under certain state contracts and purchase agreements to complete national fingerprint background checks.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1419?

Low is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1419, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Lowprimary
  • Macricosponsor
  • Fossecosponsor
  • Dogliocosponsor
  • Bergquistcosponsor
  • Daviscosponsor
  • Bronoskecosponsor
  • Rulecosponsor
  • Leavittcosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-20

    First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.

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  2. 2025-01-28

    Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.

  3. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1419&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:37:10.718715Z

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