---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning requisites of notice in small claims actions."
description: "Concerning requisites of notice in small claims actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1007"
citation: "Washington HB 1007 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-03"
last_action: "2025-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87a78aaf-752c-4bd9-83c5-8feb99539c6f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1007&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "c746cef5b46cf0bdc623011b984e9ae366f128bb908e045fe1987e3988f946e9"
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 1007 (2025-2026) — Concerning requisites of notice in small claims actions.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1007.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1007.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-04** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-11** Chapter 34, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-11** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87a78aaf-752c-4bd9-83c5-8feb99539c6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).