---
type: "Bill"
title: "Specifying minimum continuing education requirements for administrator and teacher certificate renewals that focus on equity-based school and classroom practices."
description: "Specifying minimum continuing education requirements for administrator and teacher certificate renewals that focus on equity-based school and classroom practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1426"
citation: "Washington HB 1426 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MINORITIES", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santos"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98602d3f-8b42-4ee2-a434-322d358f3542"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1426&year=2021"
source_hash: "6832aca9f8cca46016fccf99d1a77be8316508c6cc54a3b75524e6183648d139"
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 1426 (2021-2022) — Specifying minimum continuing education requirements for administrator and teacher certificate renewals that focus on equity-based school and classroom practices.

## 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/1426.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1426-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1426-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **74–24** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **28–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Santos — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 74; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 77, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-05T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-19T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98602d3f-8b42-4ee2-a434-322d358f3542`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).