---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the veterans affairs advisory committee."
description: "Concerning the veterans affairs advisory committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1541"
citation: "Washington HB 1541 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ae961ea-eca1-492b-937b-33101e673751"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1541&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8588f2f6ccf10103d06221d3081c2ac57462767cba9f00a8bda084cabeb40c69"
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 1541 (2025-2026) — Concerning the veterans affairs advisory committee.

## 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/1541.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1541-S.E.htm)
3. **Second Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1541-S.E2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1541-S.htm)
5. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1541-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abell — primary (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-04** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-11** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-11** TEDV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-11** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-11** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (TEDV 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-27** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-19** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-01-22** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2026-01-22** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-01-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-01-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 7. `reading-3`
- **2026-01-26** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 8:30 AM.
- **2026-02-16** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-09** Chapter 5, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-09** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ae961ea-eca1-492b-937b-33101e673751`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).