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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning fingerprint background check on applicants."
+description: "Concerning fingerprint background check on applicants."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1385"
+citation: "Washington HB 1385 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-20"
+last_action: "2025-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1feac754-b459-4e2e-bff5-e5a7a9b2d31b"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1385&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "4d5043ed78ede9cf09fb87f4743ca98f95657ea142d1a6204b7b4fc331e52bbc"
+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 1385 (2025-2026) — Concerning fingerprint background check on applicants.
+
+## 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/1385.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1385-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1385-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1385-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Burnett — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Ley — cosponsor (person)
+- Obras — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
+- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-21** Committee relieved of further consideration.
+- **2025-01-21** Referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-14** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted (ELHS 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-03-25** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-16** Chapter 60, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-04-16** 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/1feac754-b459-4e2e-bff5-e5a7a9b2d31b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+