---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship programs."
description: "Concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1651"
citation: "Washington HB 1651 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33d352be-4f5c-4585-a114-59b9ef52d7d0"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1651&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "81ac6c80bd9c4aa2fb67b216947c4fbd13533ed8d4f8a0442e32dc0dcb17b7b6"
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 1651 (2025-2026) — Concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship 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/1651.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1651-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1651-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1651-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendment(s) (#3) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **58–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-17** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-17** 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.
- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `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`
- **2025-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-07** 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`
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 309, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** 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/33d352be-4f5c-4585-a114-59b9ef52d7d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).