WA HB 1440

enacted

Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1440 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1440 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-17. Latest recorded action (2025-05-17): Effective date 1/1/2026.

What is WA HB 1440 about?

WA HB 1440 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1440?

Goodman is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1440, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-05-17 — Effective date 1/1/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-21
First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-04
Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-18
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-18
CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-18
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-20
Referred to Transportation.
referral-committee
2025-02-24
Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-27
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:00 PM.
2025-02-27
TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-27
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-28
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-04
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-05
2nd substitute bill substituted (TR 25).
substitution
2025-03-05
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-03-07
First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-18
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
2025-03-20
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-20
LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-20
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-20
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-24
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-07
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-04-10
Committee amendment not adopted.
amendment-failure
2025-04-10
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-04-10
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-10
Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-04-18
House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
2025-04-23
Senate receded from amendments.
2025-04-23
Rules suspended.
2025-04-23
Returned to second reading for amendment.
2025-04-23
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-04-23
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-23
Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-04-24
House concurred in Senate amendments.
2025-04-24
Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 3.
passage
2025-04-24
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-25
President signed.
passage
2025-04-26
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-05-17
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-05-17
Chapter 306, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-17
Effective date 1/1/2026.
became-law

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35)
2025-03-05 · pass · 64-33
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: yes
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11)
2025-04-10 · pass · 29-20
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: no
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: no
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: no
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: yes
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6)
2025-04-23 · pass · 28-20
Member-level votes (48)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: no
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: no
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: no
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: yes
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6)
2025-04-24 · pass · 58-37
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: other
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: other
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1440&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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