---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring electronic monitoring of sexually violent predators granted conditional release."
description: "Requiring electronic monitoring of sexually violent predators granted conditional release."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1457"
citation: "Washington HB 1457 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79c3ab77-b34d-4a5e-aff0-40f925f819fc"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1457&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "c7983adc993c4066479d867363670b646e3e0224e1f792700dd8d3236066d3f3"
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 1457 (2025-2026) — Requiring electronic monitoring of sexually violent predators granted conditional release.

## 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/1457.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1457.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Burnett — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Klicker — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-11** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-11** CS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** 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 33, 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/79c3ab77-b34d-4a5e-aff0-40f925f819fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).