---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the effective date of the filing of a notice of intention with a boundary review board."
description: "Concerning the effective date of the filing of a notice of intention with a boundary review board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1304"
citation: "Washington HB 1304 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donaghy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3adcd5e-1314-4787-bdeb-75d12b2a3c4b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1304&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8fdb20dda4caabbc8baf80eabe655ffd956726566a10f344dc45bfcb16152f18"
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 1304 (2025-2026) — Concerning the effective date of the filing of a notice of intention with a boundary review board.

## 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/1304.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1304.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donaghy — primary (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-31** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-17** LGV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-11** Chapter 39, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-11** 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/f3adcd5e-1314-4787-bdeb-75d12b2a3c4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).