---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the interbranch advisory committee."
description: "Concerning the interbranch advisory committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1219"
citation: "Washington HB 1219 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38273ea3-c364-4c10-a6eb-57b7fe718202"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1219&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "a5fa014ffb8515ca9a00b3d4094071e49cbd8c275e14475e0c1b9d2ab2f56feb"
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 1219 (2025-2026) — Concerning the interbranch advisory committee.

## 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/1219.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1219.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1219.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **68–29** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **29–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — 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 State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-01-31** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-27** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Law & Justice. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 68; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 398, 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/38273ea3-c364-4c10-a6eb-57b7fe718202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).