---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting remote testing options for students enrolled in online school programs."
description: "Supporting remote testing options for students enrolled in online school programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1079"
citation: "Washington HB 1079 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-16"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2110f800-3c19-469d-a006-14b8d5ae8bc9"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1079&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "a7d9d33501baa78b3a7eae740fcaaa633ac13a608968b33dc65ac5d7484b75c6"
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 1079 (2025-2026) — Supporting remote testing options for students enrolled in online school programs.

## 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/1079.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1079-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1079-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- McEntire — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-16** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-06** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-17** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 251, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-13** 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/2110f800-3c19-469d-a006-14b8d5ae8bc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).