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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States."
+description: "Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2632"
+citation: "Washington HB 2632 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thai"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-22"
+last_action: "2026-03-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1513ac8-7a34-4674-a2a1-dc93a51d92fd"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2632&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "3e7fd623fbbd3707893f3d42334622f054adf70e1e71ae42d5e74604ad16dc1e"
+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 2632 (2025-2026) — Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States.
+
+## 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/2632.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2632.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thai — primary (person)
+- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Mena — cosponsor (person)
+- Nance — cosponsor (person)
+- Obras — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
+- Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-22** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-03** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-24** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-11** Chapter 36, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-11** Effective date 6/11/2026*. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1513ac8-7a34-4674-a2a1-dc93a51d92fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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