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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act."
+description: "Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1747"
+citation: "Washington HB 1747 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-30"
+last_action: "2025-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45ae46d8-1fae-4850-af5e-98b715abbab3"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1747&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "d4a395e6c4fa93ea6343ac8a5b5d514c7dd2ec500aceb3cd49c55d0a29819f01"
+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 1747 (2025-2026) — Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act.
+
+## 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/1747.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1747.E.htm)
+3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1747.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **56–40** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **27–22** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
+- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
+- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Obras — cosponsor (person)
+- Obras — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-30** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-02-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-19** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-21** 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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-03-28** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-03-29** 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, 27; nays, 22; 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 71, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-04-21** 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/45ae46d8-1fae-4850-af5e-98b715abbab3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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