republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1385.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning fingerprint background check on applicants.	Concerning fingerprint background check on applicants.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1385	Washington HB 1385 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Taylor	4	26	2	2025-01-20	2025-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/1feac754-b459-4e2e-bff5-e5a7a9b2d31b	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1385&Year=2025&Initiative=false	4d5043ed78ede9cf09fb87f4743ca98f95657ea142d1a6204b7b4fc331e52bbc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1385 (2025-2026) — Concerning fingerprint background check on applicants.

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

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Taylor — primary (person)
• Burnett — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
• Ley — cosponsor (person)
• Obras — cosponsor (person)
• Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
• Wylie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-20 First reading, referred to Community Safety. reading-1
• 2025-01-21 Committee relieved of further consideration.
• 2025-01-21 Referred to Early Learning & Human Services. referral-committee
• 2025-02-05 Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-14 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-02-14 ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-05 1st substitute bill substituted (ELHS 25). substitution
• 2025-03-05 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-05 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-03-07 First reading, referred to Human Services. reading-1
• 2025-03-17 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. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-04-02 Placed on second reading consent calendar. reading-2
• 2025-04-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-05 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-10 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-11 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-16 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-04-16 Chapter 60, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-04-16 Effective date 7/27/2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1feac754-b459-4e2e-bff5-e5a7a9b2d31b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).