republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1131.md

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Bill	Concerning clemency and pardons.	Concerning clemency and pardons.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1131	Washington HB 1131 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Goodman	5	44	4	2024-12-24	2025-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/2a4c3be1-6c29-4505-a270-6968deac020c	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1131&Year=2025&Initiative=false	0bbbba9b0ab8ba32a42904988c861dc74f138185a7324dbf917c785160c8a2af	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1131 (2025-2026) — Concerning clemency and pardons.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — 52–44 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — 50–46 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — 28–19 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage on Reconsideration (#19) — 53–44 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Goodman — primary (person)
• Hackney — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Wylie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-24 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2025-01-13 First reading, referred to Community Safety. reading-1
• 2025-01-16 Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:30 AM.
• 2025-01-23 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-01-23 CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-01-23 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-01-23 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-01-27 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2025-02-17 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
• 2025-02-20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
• 2025-02-20 APP - Majority; 2nd 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
• 2025-03-04 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-07 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). substitution
• 2025-03-07 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2025-03-07 Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
• 2025-03-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-03-11 First reading, referred to Human Services. reading-1
• 2025-03-18 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-03-25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-03-25 HS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-25 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-26 On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
• 2025-04-04 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-07 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-07 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-07 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-08 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-04-09 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-04-15 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2025-04-15 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-15 Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2025-04-22 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2025-04-22 Passed final passage; yeas, 50; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 2. passage
• 2025-04-23 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-24 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-25 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-20 Governor partially vetoed. executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-05-20 Chapter 371, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-20 Effective date 7/27/2025*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a4c3be1-6c29-4505-a270-6968deac020c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).