---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning horse racing."
description: "Concerning horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1327"
citation: "Washington HB 1327 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1232491e-a7ab-412f-9013-bda58bbd15c3"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1327&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "efc7951efefda252f8b4f4b4cbe12dd4737bd51fa6fa3be23435995808e9f9ee"
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 1327 (2025-2026) — Concerning horse racing.

## 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/1327.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1327.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **91–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schmick — primary (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** 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`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-28** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2025-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** BFT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 89, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** 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/1232491e-a7ab-412f-9013-bda58bbd15c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).