---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning clemency and pardons."
description: "Concerning clemency and pardons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1131"
citation: "Washington HB 1131 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-12-24"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a4c3be1-6c29-4505-a270-6968deac020c"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1131&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0bbbba9b0ab8ba32a42904988c861dc74f138185a7324dbf917c785160c8a2af"
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 1131 (2025-2026) — Concerning clemency and pardons.

## 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/1131.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1131-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1131-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1131-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1131-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **52–44** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **50–46** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **28–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#19) — **53–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodman — primary (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-24** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:30 AM.
- **2025-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-23** CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-27** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-20** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2025-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** HS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-26** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 50; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 371, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** 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/2a4c3be1-6c29-4505-a270-6968deac020c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).