---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making technical corrections and removing obsolete language from the Revised Code of Washington pursuant to RCW 1.08.025."
description: "Making technical corrections and removing obsolete language from the Revised Code of Washington pursuant to RCW 1.08.025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1281"
citation: "Washington HB 1281 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08ee2faf-2cc7-4df4-aa08-ac22eb11b91d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1281&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "55142ad53c991f5461d09c0b2ad46bc2793a799b580296c02a2f421001f1cc02"
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 1281 (2025-2026) — Making technical corrections and removing obsolete language from the Revised Code of Washington pursuant to RCW 1.08.025.

## 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/1281.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1281-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1281-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodman — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** 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.
- **2025-02-12** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-12** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-12** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-04** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 58, 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/08ee2faf-2cc7-4df4-aa08-ac22eb11b91d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).