---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring training for cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians, and hair designers on the care, styling, and treatment of textured hair."
description: "Requiring training for cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians, and hair designers on the care, styling, and treatment of textured hair."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1874"
citation: "Washington HB 1874 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/817d717a-15e6-4980-88cc-b0ae5102c72a"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1874&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "273d09cce878c41016cd25d663b4f255fe3f143829a68a3304b1f149d4e6db1f"
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 1874 (2025-2026) — Requiring training for cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians, and hair designers on the care, styling, and treatment of textured hair.

## 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/1874.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1874.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1874.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **88–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **92–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **37–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-19** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-21** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-04** 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, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 88; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Chapter 194, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-02** Effective date 3/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/817d717a-15e6-4980-88cc-b0ae5102c72a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).