---
type: "Bill"
title: "Identifying accommodations allowing pets in an emergency or extreme weather event."
description: "Identifying accommodations allowing pets in an emergency or extreme weather event."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1201"
citation: "Washington HB 1201 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4927c22d-15a5-498f-853d-97080db472b1"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1201&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "d38984826f0fc32159b017ad038dfacfcf6aa8ce1dc8145c1d64545a689fc69a"
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 1201 (2025-2026) — Identifying accommodations allowing pets in an emergency or extreme weather event.

## 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/1201.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1201-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1201-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1201-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **69–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **38–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-29** TEDV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-29** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (TEDV 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-04** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** LGV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 80, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** 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/4927c22d-15a5-498f-853d-97080db472b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).