---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning evaluation and recommendation of candidates for residency teacher certification."
description: "Concerning evaluation and recommendation of candidates for residency teacher certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1028"
citation: "Washington HB 1028 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4247893d-58c9-4f39-8022-54a05beec05f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1028&year=2021"
source_hash: "0890b8ad2ade9acc08a8bb0d532cdeada5d5f90a989e4cfc1e5aa9a634460692"
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 1028 (2021-2022) — Concerning evaluation and recommendation of candidates for residency teacher certification.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1028.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1028-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1028-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- 488 Mullet Striker (#30) — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage without Senate Amendments (#14) — **32–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bergquist — primary (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 198, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 5/5/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-15T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM
- **2021-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-08T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-02-16T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-10T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-19T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4247893d-58c9-4f39-8022-54a05beec05f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).