---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting the inappropriate use of Native American names, symbols, or images as public school mascots, logos, or team names."
description: "Prohibiting the inappropriate use of Native American names, symbols, or images as public school mascots, logos, or team names."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1356"
citation: "Washington HB 1356 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "INDIANS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SPORTS AND RECREATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lekanoff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaed907f-6ef2-4e5f-8c9f-c692cd4dae11"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1356&year=2021"
source_hash: "5ead9e32a995dca285f14da2fb53da4883bef61792010359410e51572237481f"
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 1356 (2021-2022) — Prohibiting the inappropriate use of Native American names, symbols, or images as public school mascots, logos, or team names.

## 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/1356.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1356-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **40–9** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **90–8** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **92–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lekanoff — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 90; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 128, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-05T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-12T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-12T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-15T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-22T20:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2021-03-25T20:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaed907f-6ef2-4e5f-8c9f-c692cd4dae11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).