---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the standard for use of force by peace officers."
description: "Modifying the standard for use of force by peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1735"
citation: "Washington HB 1735 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/303232fe-13e7-4916-9bf0-530a03fee312"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1735&year=2021"
source_hash: "de1d1f53a331bbfe2baec70ef80c74a5f9791e5ac7ce8dafaf2cceb14c175b86"
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 1735 (2021-2022) — Modifying the standard for use of force by peace 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1735.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1735-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **90–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Johnson — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — 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`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 8:00 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`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+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** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 5; 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 4, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 3/4/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/303232fe-13e7-4916-9bf0-530a03fee312`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).