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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Preserving the ability of public officials to address communicable diseases."
+description: "Preserving the ability of public officials to address communicable diseases."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1531"
+citation: "Washington HB 1531 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bronoske"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-23"
+last_action: "2025-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1cbfc9b-997f-4f58-9f55-09faec5d44a6"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1531&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "5adc80c261eae9a77360867036912b3152007a12c48b285256bcb48fb19e671b"
+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 1531 (2025-2026) — Preserving the ability of public officials to address communicable diseases.
+
+## 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/1531.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1531-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1531-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1531-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **58–35** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
+- 501 Abbarno Pg 1 Ln 20 (#15) — **38–55** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bronoske — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-21** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-25** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-21** Chapter 105, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-04-21** Effective date 4/21/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1cbfc9b-997f-4f58-9f55-09faec5d44a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+