---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning access to personnel records."
description: "Concerning access to personnel records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1308"
citation: "Washington HB 1308 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf119481-4c2a-4d1d-b918-293cbd323956"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1308&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "1d4fb23745f7862a38ee192eed98c8c8d5668054c3c85a9688311085ff0371b2"
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 1308 (2025-2026) — Concerning access to personnel records.

## 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/1308.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1308-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1308-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **56–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-31** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-28** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-04** 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, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 273, 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/cf119481-4c2a-4d1d-b918-293cbd323956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).