republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1414.md

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Bill	Improving access to career opportunities for students.	Improving access to career opportunities for students.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1414	Washington HB 1414 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Connors	4	24	2	2025-01-20	2025-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/81d21ed5-f778-488f-bb5e-736f0038a38a	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1414&Year=2025&Initiative=false	9d82f63500f6b4e6b26a93e596d6aa14a6b7fc67290b1a53c6e30bbc3786e1fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1414 (2025-2026) — Improving access to career opportunities for students.

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 (#13) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Connors — primary (person)
• Couture — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Keaton — cosponsor (person)
• McClintock — cosponsor (person)
• Paul — cosponsor (person)
• Penner — cosponsor (person)
• Rude — cosponsor (person)
• Shavers — cosponsor (person)
• Springer — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
• Timmons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-20 First reading, referred to Education. reading-1
• 2025-02-11 Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
• 2025-02-18 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
• 2025-02-18 ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-21 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 (ED 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, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-03-14 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2025-03-19 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
• 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. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-04-02 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-04-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. 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 61, 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/81d21ed5-f778-488f-bb5e-736f0038a38a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).