---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn."
description: "Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1275"
citation: "Washington HB 1275 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00f3dfd9-876d-44d5-bfba-4aabeb047cd3"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1275&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "658a29d12435e91b59933b93d2022bfb683a78fe7f2a3f446441ea799e2cb56b"
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 1275 (2025-2026) — Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn.

## 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/1275.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1275.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-29** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-20** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-21** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-16** Chapter 57, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-16** 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/00f3dfd9-876d-44d5-bfba-4aabeb047cd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).