---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing references to pregnancy from the model directive form under the natural death act."
description: "Removing references to pregnancy from the model directive form under the natural death act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1215"
citation: "Washington HB 1215 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0bd978f-5f72-4b69-945d-77fe9b64c5a0"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1215&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "09b3bfad5536c498854e3c66e9164eb37989c7994fb956b26ff9f893d72f6720"
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 1215 (2025-2026) — Removing references to pregnancy from the model directive form under the natural death act.

## 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/1215.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1215.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **57–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — 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 Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-04** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-16** Chapter 56, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-16** 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/f0bd978f-5f72-4b69-945d-77fe9b64c5a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).