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type: "Bill"
title: "Streamlining the home care worker background check process."
description: "Streamlining the home care worker background check process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1395"
citation: "Washington HB 1395 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farivar"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be7deb86-c63f-4318-addb-0edb70727b22"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1395&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7e09df14daa0b89e92936f85258ddc25d0c039d5ce36689011eff1cd0113c8be"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington HB 1395 (2025-2026) — Streamlining the home care worker background check process.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1395.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1395-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1395-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1395-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **78–19** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **59–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Farivar — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-04** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (PEW 25). `substitution`
- **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, 78; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-25** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 214, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be7deb86-c63f-4318-addb-0edb70727b22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).