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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning fingerprint-based background checks."
description: "Concerning fingerprint-based background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1490"
citation: "Washington HB 1490 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obras"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eb613f4-9967-41cd-a02a-c17241554bf3"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1490&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0b77eea87cd4b1cd7a445d285740fa7c5625913691e0a246ac1cd136a1227521"
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 1490 (2025-2026) — Concerning fingerprint-based background checks.
## 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/1490.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1490-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1490-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Obras — primary (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-21** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **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`
- **2025-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (ELHS 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **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`
- **2025-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; 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 46, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-16** 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/3eb613f4-9967-41cd-a02a-c17241554bf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).