---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying provisions on joint legislative audit and review committee studies."
description: "Modifying provisions on joint legislative audit and review committee studies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1372"
citation: "Washington HB 1372 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orcutt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/250f5aaf-04b2-422e-85f6-03b5e9a6ed44"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1372&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "e200ec86b6b5045655af1ca18cb63d2e11664211cd1ba41a6fd43f191128c0e8"
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 1372 (2025-2026) — Modifying provisions on joint legislative audit and review committee studies.

## 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/1372.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1372.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orcutt — primary (person)
- Klicker — cosponsor (person)
- Ley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-31** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-04** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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`
- **2025-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Chapter 198, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-02** 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/250f5aaf-04b2-422e-85f6-03b5e9a6ed44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).