republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/hb-1617.md

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Bill	Aligning state and school holidays.	Aligning state and school holidays.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	HB 1617	Washington HB 1617 (2021-2022)	bill	AFRICAN AMERICANS HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS	enacted	Morgan	2	30	2	2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00	2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f89b138c-f250-48ad-841d-bb1d52f9980f	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1617&year=2021	3e532af237c653b3cb6b3fb48e6f69679fe42bb9cb6bb3d6bb43eaead3db4e36	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1617 (2021-2022) — Aligning state and school holidays.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — 45–3 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — 88–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Morgan — primary (person)
• Callan — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
• J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Ramel — cosponsor (person)
• Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
• Santos — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. reading-1
• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM.
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 1st substitute bill substituted (SGOV 22). substitution
• 2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
• 2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
• 2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 EDU - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 198, 2022 Laws. became-law
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 7/1/2022. became-law
• 2022-01-10T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
• 2022-01-13T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM
• 2022-02-16T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM
• 2022-02-21T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f89b138c-f250-48ad-841d-bb1d52f9980f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).