---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning domestic violence co-responder programs."
description: "Concerning domestic violence co-responder programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1498"
citation: "Washington HB 1498 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b88ecd0-cd20-4acd-9c4f-60c81215134b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1498&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "9d23c0b5a935e38ebfc65a1d9359e54cbf74504eb971b62e5d5486595b2b4dfb"
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 1498 (2025-2026) — Concerning domestic violence co-responder programs.

## 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/1498.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1498-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1498-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **67–29** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **70–28** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **38–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-06** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-06** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-06** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-06** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-04-21** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-26** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-26** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-26** Passed final passage; yeas, 70; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Chapter 345, 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/0b88ecd0-cd20-4acd-9c4f-60c81215134b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).