republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/hb-1956.md

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Bill	Exempting from public disclosure sensitive records pertaining to current and formerly incarcerated individuals' dignity and safety.	Exempting from public disclosure sensitive records pertaining to current and formerly incarcerated individuals' dignity and safety.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	HB 1956	Washington HB 1956 (2021-2022)	bill	CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL OFFENDERS RECORDS	enacted	Hackney	3	33	3	2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/aa957c16-5eed-4af2-b9e3-f35a21d8cffd	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1956&year=2021	2d9b240102c053b8cba5d199730508457f1c5de539c5ac58d22b0df2923e5098	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1956 (2021-2022) — Exempting from public disclosure sensitive records pertaining to current and formerly incarcerated individuals' dignity and safety.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — 28–20 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 57–38 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — 55–43 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hackney — primary (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Valdez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. reading-1
• 2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
• 2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM.
• 2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 1st substitute bill substituted (SGOV 22). substitution
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. reading-1
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 SGE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Passed final passage; yeas, 55; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+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
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 272, 2022 Laws. became-law
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 3/31/2022. became-law
• 2022-01-24T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
• 2022-01-27T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM
• 2022-02-18T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM
• 2022-02-23T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa957c16-5eed-4af2-b9e3-f35a21d8cffd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).