---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving developmentally appropriate alternatives for youth outside the formal court process."
description: "Improving developmentally appropriate alternatives for youth outside the formal court process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1391"
citation: "Washington HB 1391 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88c49802-53ef-46f1-9158-3d16c38d1b4e"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1391&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8c70e74fb3265fc9674893e059fa84690b9a51d9fc0424217cc19684cabdef99"
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 1391 (2025-2026) — Improving developmentally appropriate alternatives for youth outside the formal court process.

## 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/1391.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1391-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1391-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1391-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortes — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-07** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Chapter 140, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-22** 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/88c49802-53ef-46f1-9158-3d16c38d1b4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).