WA HB 1631

enacted

Establishing the state marine forest.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1631 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1631 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 1631 about?

WA HB 1631 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Establishing the state marine forest.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1631?

Nance is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1631, joined by 24 cosponsors.

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

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-27
First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-04
Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-07
Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-07
SGOV - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-11
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
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
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2025-03-06
First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-18
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-21
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-21
SGTE - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-25
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-02
Placed on second reading consent calendar.
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2025-04-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-04-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.
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2025-04-09
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-10
President signed.
passage
2025-04-11
Delivered to Governor.
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2025-04-16
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-16
Chapter 45, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-16
Effective date 7/27/2025.
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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9)
2025-03-04 · 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 (#6)
2025-04-05 · 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: no
- 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: other
- 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

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1631&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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