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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permitting early deployment of state fire service resources."
+description: "Permitting early deployment of state fire service resources."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1271"
+citation: "Washington HB 1271 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nance"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-14"
+last_action: "2025-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afa4face-7d3b-4490-a019-cc015ba6fd45"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1271&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "e2d46922ec7a03331e3d10ec93cfb80b70b74e3d407ff16a7a03edddd1bc5797"
+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 1271 (2025-2026) — Permitting early deployment of state fire service resources.
+
+## 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/1271.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1271-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1271-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nance — primary (person)
+- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
+- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Dent — cosponsor (person)
+- Dye — cosponsor (person)
+- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Klicker — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- Mena — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Richards — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-01-31** TEDV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-04** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-28** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-12** Chapter 239, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-12** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afa4face-7d3b-4490-a019-cc015ba6fd45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+