republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1296.md

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Bill	Promoting a safe and supportive public education system.	Promoting a safe and supportive public education system.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1296	Washington HB 1296 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Stonier	4	36	17	2025-01-14	2025-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/7d6504ea-fc41-48ee-9885-f283ae9984a1	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1296&Year=2025&Initiative=false	65aa5a80cd71e4185d7a9b0d07fb13887c2a51c1434055e9cdc3e95c2279fc96	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1296 (2025-2026) — Promoting a safe and supportive public education system.

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
4. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 420 Steele Pg 10 Ln 13 (#22) — 41–52 (fail) · lower
• 396 Walsh Pg 10 Ln 13 (#21) — 42–52 (fail) · lower
• 428 Couture Pg 10 Ln 34 (#24) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — 56–37 (pass) · lower
• 437 Ley Pg 11 Ln 11 (#26) — 41–52 (fail) · lower
• 448 Caldier Pg 10 Ln 13 (#23) — 41–52 (fail) · lower
• 442 Marshall Pg 10 Ln 1 (#20) — 42–52 (fail) · lower
• 384 Schmidt Pg 14 Ln 7 (#29) — 39–54 (fail) · lower
• 383 Keaton Pg 14 Ln 9 (#28) — 40–53 (fail) · lower
• 370 Gildon Pg 11 Ln 31 (#11) — 19–30 (fail) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — 59–39 (pass) · lower
• 435 Marshall Pg 10 Ln 1 (#19) — 42–52 (fail) · lower
• 444 Couture Pg 10 Ln 38 (#25) — 41–52 (fail) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — 30–19 (pass) · upper
• 382 Burnett Pg 8 Ln 31 (#18) — 42–52 (fail) · lower
• 462 Barkis Pg 13 Ln 10 (#27) — 92–1 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendment(s) (#12) — 59–39 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stonier — primary (person)
• Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Berry — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Fey — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Fosse — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Nance — cosponsor (person)
• Obras — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Parshley — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Ramel — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
• Scott — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 First reading, referred to Education. reading-1
• 2025-01-23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-01-30 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-01-30 ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-01-30 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-12 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 25). substitution
• 2025-03-12 Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
• 2025-03-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 5. reading-3
• 2025-03-14 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2025-03-20 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
• 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
• 2025-03-27 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-27 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 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
• 2025-04-11 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2025-04-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-04-24 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2025-04-24 Passed final passage; yeas, 59; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2025-04-24 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-25 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-26 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-20 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-05-20 Chapter 369, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-20 Effective date 5/20/2025*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d6504ea-fc41-48ee-9885-f283ae9984a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).