republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1440.md

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Bill	Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting.	Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1440	Washington HB 1440 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Goodman	5	43	4	2025-01-21	2025-05-17	openstates	ocd-bill/3d74887a-4728-4261-a031-6e8f62e26fe5	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1440&Year=2025&Initiative=false	2024b156b6f2cafbaebbca7e73b8a18cde7a7cd3fff64a47293abba58a397b35	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1440 (2025-2026) — Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting.

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 as Amended by the Senate (#11) — 29–20 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — 58–37 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — 64–33 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — 28–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Goodman — primary (person)
• Hackney — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-21 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. reading-1
• 2025-02-04 Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-18 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-18 CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-18 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-20 Referred to Transportation. referral-committee
• 2025-02-24 Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-27 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:00 PM.
• 2025-02-27 TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-27 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-28 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-03-04 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-05 2nd substitute bill substituted (TR 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, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-03-07 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2025-03-18 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-03-20 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-03-20 LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-20 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-20 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-24 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-04-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-04-10 Committee amendment not adopted. amendment-failure
• 2025-04-10 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-04-10 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-10 Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-04-18 House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
• 2025-04-23 Senate receded from amendments.
• 2025-04-23 Rules suspended.
• 2025-04-23 Returned to second reading for amendment.
• 2025-04-23 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-04-23 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-23 Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-04-24 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2025-04-24 Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 3. passage
• 2025-04-24 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-25 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-26 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-17 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-05-17 Chapter 306, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-17 Effective date 1/1/2026. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d74887a-4728-4261-a031-6e8f62e26fe5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).