---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating Washington a purple heart state."
description: "Designating Washington a purple heart state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1250"
citation: "Washington HB 1250 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY", "ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "DEPARTMENT", "VETERANS", "VETERANS AFFAIRS", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orcutt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e3836a2-062e-4722-bf42-63f4fbe512ec"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1250&year=2021"
source_hash: "1cff411cb3a7444cb896a829083793ef3a9351a056f2d7f594aaf006a3b8fbec"
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 1250 (2021-2022) — Designating Washington a purple heart state.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1250.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1250-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orcutt — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGOV 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 213, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2021-01-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-17T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-24T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e3836a2-062e-4722-bf42-63f4fbe512ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).