---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the creation of an endangered missing person advisory designation for missing indigenous persons."
description: "Concerning the creation of an endangered missing person advisory designation for missing indigenous persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1725"
citation: "Washington HB 1725 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INDIANS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lekanoff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d4e1c98-8455-4332-ba2a-71d5ef8f1ccc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1725&year=2021"
source_hash: "7e23b99346d6e8a9f0c5b95b068bd2dc318fdf53beb4af2fc408210e2a38e2cd"
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 1725 (2021-2022) — Concerning the creation of an endangered missing person advisory designation for missing indigenous persons.

## 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/1725.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1725-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lekanoff — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (PS 22). `substitution`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:30 AM.
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Law & Justice. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 256, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-14T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 10:00 AM
- **2022-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-08T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 08:30 AM
- **2022-02-17T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/1d4e1c98-8455-4332-ba2a-71d5ef8f1ccc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).