---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promoting a safe and supportive public education system."
description: "Promoting a safe and supportive public education system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1296"
citation: "Washington HB 1296 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stonier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d6504ea-fc41-48ee-9885-f283ae9984a1"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1296&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "65aa5a80cd71e4185d7a9b0d07fb13887c2a51c1434055e9cdc3e95c2279fc96"
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 1296 (2025-2026) — Promoting a safe and supportive public education system.

## 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/1296.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1296-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1296-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1296-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 420 Steele Pg 10 Ln 13 (#22) — **41–52** (fail) · lower
- 396 Walsh Pg 10 Ln 13 (#21) — **42–52** (fail) · lower
- 428 Couture Pg 10 Ln 34 (#24) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **56–37** (pass) · lower
- 437 Ley Pg 11 Ln 11 (#26) — **41–52** (fail) · lower
- 448 Caldier Pg 10 Ln 13 (#23) — **41–52** (fail) · lower
- 442 Marshall Pg 10 Ln 1 (#20) — **42–52** (fail) · lower
- 384 Schmidt Pg 14 Ln 7 (#29) — **39–54** (fail) · lower
- 383 Keaton Pg 14 Ln 9 (#28) — **40–53** (fail) · lower
- 370 Gildon Pg 11 Ln 31 (#11) — **19–30** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **59–39** (pass) · lower
- 435 Marshall Pg 10 Ln 1 (#19) — **42–52** (fail) · lower
- 444 Couture Pg 10 Ln 38 (#25) — **41–52** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 382 Burnett Pg 8 Ln 31 (#18) — **42–52** (fail) · lower
- 462 Barkis Pg 13 Ln 10 (#27) — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendment(s) (#12) — **59–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stonier — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-30** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-12** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **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, 56; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `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.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 59; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 369, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 5/20/2025*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d6504ea-fc41-48ee-9885-f283ae9984a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).