--- type: "Bill" title: "Concerning litter." description: "Concerning litter." jurisdiction: "us/states/wa" legislature: "Washington Legislature" session: "2025-2026" identifier: "HB 1293" citation: "Washington HB 1293 (2025-2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Klicker"] version_count: 4 action_count: 50 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2025-01-14" last_action: "2025-05-17" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f6db23-0f05-4e3a-a348-e650ce73cf2c" source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1293&Year=2025&Initiative=false" source_hash: "47702d992c59912fbda5b9cc12bc658fbe4958875ba9bc5f07c65cbdc3070a2a" 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 1293 (2025-2026) — Concerning litter. ## 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/1293.htm) 2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1293-S.E.htm) 3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1293-S.htm) 4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1293-S.PL.htm) ## Votes - Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **98–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **46–2** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **90–7** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **27–20** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Klicker — primary (person) - Barkis — cosponsor (person) - Connors — cosponsor (person) - Dye — cosponsor (person) - Eslick — cosponsor (person) - Kloba — cosponsor (person) - Valdez — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1` - **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM. - **2025-02-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM. - **2025-02-04** ENVI - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2025-02-06** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee` - **2025-02-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM. - **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM. - **2025-02-28** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution` - **2025-02-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2025-02-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2` - **2025-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution` - **2025-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted. - **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3` - **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3` - **2025-03-10** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1` - **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM. - **2025-03-25** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM. - **2025-03-28** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM. - **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM. - **2025-04-01** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-01** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2025-04-01** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2025-04-01** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-02** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 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 Environment, Energy & Technology. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. - **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2` - **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments. - **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3` - **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3` - **2025-04-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments. - **2025-04-26** Senate receded from amendments. - **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. - **2025-04-26** Returned to second reading for amendment. - **2025-04-26** Floor amendment(s) adopted. - **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3` - **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3` - **2025-04-27** House concurred in Senate amendments. - **2025-04-27** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; 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` - **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature` - **2025-05-17** Chapter 312, 2025 Laws. `became-law` - **2025-05-17** 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/94f6db23-0f05-4e3a-a348-e650ce73cf2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).