---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directing the statewide career and technical education task force to consider educational opportunities for careers in maritime professions."
description: "Directing the statewide career and technical education task force to consider educational opportunities for careers in maritime professions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1167"
citation: "Washington HB 1167 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shavers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45e0b91f-b2d0-4fba-8988-25372ba8f804"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1167&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "3c4e9ef8a0a0fc8324fc072310adea49022aea6f8a149b96500451cbd517ba0a"
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 1167 (2025-2026) — Directing the statewide career and technical education task force to consider educational opportunities for careers in maritime professions.

## 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/1167.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1167.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shavers — primary (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-18** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **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`
- **2025-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 252, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-13** 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/45e0b91f-b2d0-4fba-8988-25372ba8f804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).