---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting attorney higher education employees from certain mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect."
description: "Exempting attorney higher education employees from certain mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1171"
citation: "Washington HB 1171 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pollet"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06f8458a-6e83-47e0-a091-769d7997fea5"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1171&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ff6ca06e3f112ee6728b1c85246767b3fc54cb4c8f5f0a14637f960e538983db"
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 1171 (2025-2026) — Exempting attorney higher education employees from certain mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect.

## 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/1171.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1171-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1171-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pollet — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-14** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (ELHS 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-31** HS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Chapter 192, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-30** 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/06f8458a-6e83-47e0-a091-769d7997fea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).