---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reviewing state restrictions affecting students participating in secondary career and technical education programs and other state-approved career pathways."
description: "Reviewing state restrictions affecting students participating in secondary career and technical education programs and other state-approved career pathways."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1722"
citation: "Washington HB 1722 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Connors"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c0fdbe9-ee4b-4b57-b36c-2d0f0410429c"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1722&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ee4b0056b8071518b01571f31cbdb0e44d86e2e2d6bce99d0472072468e81e1f"
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 1722 (2025-2026) — Reviewing state restrictions affecting students participating in secondary career and technical education programs and other state-approved career pathways.

## 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/1722.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1722.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Connors — primary (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-19** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-13** HEWD - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2025-03-13** And refer to Labor & Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Labor & Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-31** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 98, 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/4c0fdbe9-ee4b-4b57-b36c-2d0f0410429c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).