---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the governor's authority to limit outside militia activities within the state."
description: "Concerning the governor's authority to limit outside militia activities within the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1321"
citation: "Washington HB 1321 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mena"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0de44733-95bd-45dd-ac70-47733d873566"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1321&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "89058ec145ca66199bc4a90f51d2e4f81080432258d35ac4d4db5ac4472dbecb"
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 1321 (2025-2026) — Concerning the governor's authority to limit outside militia activities within the state.

## 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/1321.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1321-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1321-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **58–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mena — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-01-31** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGOV 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** SGTE - 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`
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 72, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** Effective date 4/21/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0de44733-95bd-45dd-ac70-47733d873566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).