---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing policies and requirements regarding law enforcement response to domestic violence incidents to enhance the safety of domestic violence victims, families, and officers."
description: "Establishing policies and requirements regarding law enforcement response to domestic violence incidents to enhance the safety of domestic violence victims, families, and officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1225"
citation: "Washington HB 1225 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL", "FIREARMS", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jinkins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47902e8b-29d4-43c4-981f-cc962440509b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1225&year=2019"
source_hash: "8229223963684d048a414cddcfce33d20951732004de597f7e74c4c6565cd8bb"
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 1225 (2019-2020) — Establishing policies and requirements regarding law enforcement response to domestic violence incidents to enhance the safety of domestic violence victims, families, and officers.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1225.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1225-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#21) — **60–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — **27–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **55–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jinkins — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-01** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 367, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-01T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-01T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-02T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47902e8b-29d4-43c4-981f-cc962440509b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).