---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners."
description: "Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1142"
citation: "Washington HB 1142 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-30"
last_action: "2025-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5d65d9f-d884-4d3c-980a-25664606935d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1142&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "b2f073109400662af6cd74d0369537c8254a4575150779bd322ce2c2ff2f0835"
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 1142 (2025-2026) — Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners.

## 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/1142.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1142-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1142-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **88–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-30** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-28** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (PEW 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-14** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-18** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-03-31** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07** Chapter 18, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-07** 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/c5d65d9f-d884-4d3c-980a-25664606935d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).