---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning prison riot offenses."
description: "Concerning prison riot offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1815"
citation: "Washington HB 1815 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab1c4da3-a56f-4ce9-85df-085346aaea76"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1815&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "65de5b54fed400537861aa894755f94b9a778eea4c019b9a023b7a676140e3c8"
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 1815 (2025-2026) — Concerning prison riot offenses.

## 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/1815.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1815-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1815-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1815-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **58–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **64–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peterson — primary (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (ELHS 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-25** Chapter 169, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-25** Effective date 4/25/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab1c4da3-a56f-4ce9-85df-085346aaea76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).