---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law."
description: "Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1604"
citation: "Washington HB 1604 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salahuddin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2026-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/312263dc-e370-40a7-826b-c81f31f15073"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1604&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "e83265feec4427d4abda1a6f815e5a8b805c172e7e30c5fa793417c3ba339d78"
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 1604 (2025-2026) — Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law.

## 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/1604.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1604-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1604-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1604-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **56–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salahuddin — primary (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-13** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-20** CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-19** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (CS 25). `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-11** Chapter 17, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-11** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/312263dc-e370-40a7-826b-c81f31f15073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).