---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations."
description: "Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1562"
citation: "Washington HB 1562 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25c1a7aa-6a18-4e65-944a-8e4666ce94d2"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1562&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6f2fca878b5750c1b66f8d6ffd9a076e0c2e785ab20755d6e8a651f938182ac2"
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 1562 (2025-2026) — Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations.

## 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/1562.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1562-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1562-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1562-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **67–28** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **40–8** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **67–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (LG 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-04** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-14** SGTE - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2025-03-14** And refer to Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Referred to Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-27** LGV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 67; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 5. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 274, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-13** 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/25c1a7aa-6a18-4e65-944a-8e4666ce94d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).