---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning superior court clerk fees."
description: "Concerning superior court clerk fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1207"
citation: "Washington HB 1207 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thai"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faf3cfea-5063-4941-904d-99979af0873a"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1207&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6c1e6e0c6d230e4a153f09e44c42f48cef6302408adf75aeb0163cf891be7ce3"
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 1207 (2025-2026) — Concerning superior court clerk fees.

## 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/1207.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1207-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1207-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1207-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **54–44** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **53–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thai — primary (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-21** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-26** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-26** Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Chapter 357, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-19** 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/faf3cfea-5063-4941-904d-99979af0873a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).