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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots."
+description: "Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2225"
+citation: "Washington HB 2225 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Callan"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-12-31"
+last_action: "2026-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4456facf-7dc2-448a-bccd-76642cb87afb"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2225&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "f012fa9e1f150eb758ebc559d3417f60907a6376f45d2dab9c75ccf84d9fb067"
+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 2225 (2025-2026) — Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots.
+
+## 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/2225.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2225-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2225-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2225-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **69–28** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **74–21** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Callan — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
+- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Mena — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Rule — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
+- Street — cosponsor (person)
+- Thai — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-31** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-01-23** TEDV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-01-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted (TEDV 26). `substitution`
+- **2026-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-20** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 74; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-24** Chapter 168, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-24** Effective date 1/1/2027. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4456facf-7dc2-448a-bccd-76642cb87afb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+