WA HB 1705

enacted

Convening a work group to study and recommend strategies to recruit, train, and retain large animal veterinarians.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1705 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1705 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-21. Latest recorded action (2025-04-21): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1705 about?

WA HB 1705 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Convening a work group to study and recommend strategies to recruit, train, and retain large animal veterinarians.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1705?

Dent is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1705, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-04-21 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-29
First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
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2025-02-12
Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-19
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-19
PEW - Majority; do pass.
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2025-02-21
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-04
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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2025-03-06
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-06
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-03-06
Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.
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2025-03-10
First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-13
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-20
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-20
HEWD - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-20
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-03-24
On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
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2025-04-02
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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2025-04-08
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-04-08
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
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2025-04-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-14
President signed.
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2025-04-16
Delivered to Governor.
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2025-04-21
Governor signed.
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2025-04-21
Chapter 86, 2025 Laws.
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2025-04-21
Effective date 7/27/2025.
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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9)
2025-03-06 · pass · 96-1
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: no
- 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 (#19)
2025-04-08 · pass · 49-0
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: 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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1705&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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