---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots."
description: "Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2225"
citation: "Washington HB 2225 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Callan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-31"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4456facf-7dc2-448a-bccd-76642cb87afb"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2225&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "f012fa9e1f150eb758ebc559d3417f60907a6376f45d2dab9c75ccf84d9fb067"
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 2225 (2025-2026) — Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots.

## 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/2225.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2225-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2225-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2225-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **69–28** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **74–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Callan — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-31** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-23** TEDV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted (TEDV 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-20** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 74; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 168, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** Effective date 1/1/2027. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4456facf-7dc2-448a-bccd-76642cb87afb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).