---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning exemption of certain personnel of the department of social and health services from civil service."
description: "Concerning exemption of certain personnel of the department of social and health services from civil service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1013"
citation: "Washington HB 1013 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmidt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-05"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f23419c-de2e-41c4-b956-20f50a78f1f4"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1013&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "3e5ce775d426d9f91d1aff441c2d0b299bdc88d1bf2a0b96c19473c5401bdd59"
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 1013 (2025-2026) — Concerning exemption of certain personnel of the department of social and health services from civil service.

## 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/1013.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1013.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-17** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-01-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 73, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** 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/5f23419c-de2e-41c4-b956-20f50a78f1f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).