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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Protecting public health and safety by regulating the transfer of sodium nitrite."
+description: "Protecting public health and safety by regulating the transfer of sodium nitrite."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1209"
+citation: "Washington HB 1209 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mena"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-09"
+last_action: "2025-04-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0842512-2367-4afa-b8c9-e930caeb4897"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1209&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "28e23c59ee52166674420f71e897643800023b64c1710857f053fc3863c46263"
+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 1209 (2025-2026) — Protecting public health and safety by regulating the transfer of sodium nitrite.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1209.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1209-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1209-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **91–4** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mena — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
+- Walen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-01-22** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-01-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-01-28** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-01-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (CPB 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-03-13** BFT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-03-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-31** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-07** Chapter 13, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-04-07** Effective date 4/7/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0842512-2367-4afa-b8c9-e930caeb4897`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+