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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reducing barriers to professional licensure for individuals with previous criminal convictions."
+description: "Reducing barriers to professional licensure for individuals with previous criminal convictions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 1399"
+citation: "Washington HB 1399 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "PROFESSIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Vick"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e72babdf-07fc-4dae-a339-c05404eb5e1c"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1399&year=2021"
+source_hash: "8c1cab71ac9211260e86d7900c0a3d5cb16af4d42c00387266215751a707eb75"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1399 (2021-2022) — Reducing barriers to professional licensure for individuals with previous criminal convictions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1399.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Vick — primary (person)
+- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
+- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Young — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
+- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 10:00 AM.
+- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** CPB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
+- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** BFST - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
+- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 194, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 1/1/2022. `became-law`
+- **2021-02-08T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
+- **2021-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 10:00 AM
+- **2021-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
+- **2021-02-19T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
+- **2021-03-18T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
+- **2021-03-25T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e72babdf-07fc-4dae-a339-c05404eb5e1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+