WA HB 1531

enacted

Preserving the ability of public officials to address communicable diseases.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1531 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1531 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-21. Latest recorded action (2025-04-21): Effective date 4/21/2025.

What is WA HB 1531 about?

WA HB 1531 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Preserving the ability of public officials to address communicable diseases.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1531?

Bronoske is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1531, joined by 14 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-04-21 — Effective date 4/21/2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-23
First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-31
Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-21
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-21
HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-21
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-21
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-21
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-06
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-08
1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 25).
substitution
2025-03-08
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-08
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-08
Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 5.
reading-3
2025-03-11
First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-21
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
2025-03-25
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-25
HLTC - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-25
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-26
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-07
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-04-10
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-10
Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-04-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-14
President signed.
passage
2025-04-16
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-21
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-21
Chapter 105, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-21
Effective date 4/21/2025.
became-law

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16)
2025-03-08 · pass · 58-35
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: other
- 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: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: other
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: other
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- 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: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: other
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
501 Abbarno Pg 1 Ln 20 (#15)
2025-03-08 · fail · 38-55
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: other
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: other
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: other
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: other
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: no
- Nance: no
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: no
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: no
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: other
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12)
2025-04-10 · pass · 31-18
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: no
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- 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

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1531&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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