---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning certified peer support specialists."
description: "Concerning certified peer support specialists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1427"
citation: "Washington HB 1427 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dd29106-4a71-4b3f-a448-67e3b7922428"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1427&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "f7c9e482ed253e3acecfa1e35dc6eb7946429bb570fc537f1e1a6054f3661409"
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 1427 (2025-2026) — Concerning certified peer support specialists.

## 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/1427.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1427-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1427-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1427-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **85–11** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-27** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-27** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `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`
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Chapter 360, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-19** 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/5dd29106-4a71-4b3f-a448-67e3b7922428`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).