---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the care of students with adrenal insufficiency by parent-designated adults."
description: "Addressing the care of students with adrenal insufficiency by parent-designated adults."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1709"
citation: "Washington HB 1709 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Callan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2d19e46-989b-4727-a5f4-ffa9676d5705"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1709&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "c5142adbc3c3dd9b1e2dfba4d4baa95df19447d9f5cb3b9762c624146a4c9f06"
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 1709 (2025-2026) — Addressing the care of students with adrenal insufficiency by parent-designated adults.

## 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/1709.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1709-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1709-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#33) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Callan — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-18** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Chapter 356, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-19** 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/e2d19e46-989b-4727-a5f4-ffa9676d5705`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).