---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting."
description: "Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1440"
citation: "Washington HB 1440 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d74887a-4728-4261-a031-6e8f62e26fe5"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1440&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "2024b156b6f2cafbaebbca7e73b8a18cde7a7cd3fff64a47293abba58a397b35"
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 1440 (2025-2026) — Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting.

## 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/1440.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1440-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1440-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1440-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1440-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **58–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **64–33** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **28–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodman — primary (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:00 PM.
- **2025-02-27** TR - 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`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted (TR 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2025-04-23** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2025-04-23** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-23** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2025-04-23** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 306, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** Effective date 1/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d74887a-4728-4261-a031-6e8f62e26fe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).