---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing public school students with opportunities for cultural expression at commencement ceremonies."
description: "Providing public school students with opportunities for cultural expression at commencement ceremonies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1393"
citation: "Washington HB 1393 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6605ffd6-d2e8-4d85-8970-293e9d0b5bcb"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1393&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "b910a5298b05bb62c0efb882d50d4c632c3252e1d8de4b36cad959dbe41e4b34"
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 1393 (2025-2026) — Providing public school students with opportunities for cultural expression at commencement ceremonies.

## 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/1393.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1393.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1393.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **88–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McEntire — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- McEntire — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-18** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** 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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 88, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** 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/6605ffd6-d2e8-4d85-8970-293e9d0b5bcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).