---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying tribal membership on local boards of health."
description: "Clarifying tribal membership on local boards of health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1946"
citation: "Washington HB 1946 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11f2a4de-9da7-4d27-a7f1-00bcb003f79a"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1946&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "a68acf1b2e4dd50ae57a61bbd3bdedfb13eb6c6fcdfe5a9109062ce037f83a02"
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 1946 (2025-2026) — Clarifying tribal membership on local boards of health.

## 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/1946.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1946-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1946-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1946-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **59–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **61–36** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **40–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-19** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (LG 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, 61; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 59; nays, 38; 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`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 260, 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/11f2a4de-9da7-4d27-a7f1-00bcb003f79a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).