republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1651.md

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Bill	Concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship programs.	Concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship programs.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1651	Washington HB 1651 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Ortiz-Self	4	42	4	2025-01-28	2025-05-17	openstates	ocd-bill/33d352be-4f5c-4585-a114-59b9ef52d7d0	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1651&Year=2025&Initiative=false	81ac6c80bd9c4aa2fb67b216947c4fbd13533ed8d4f8a0442e32dc0dcb17b7b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1651 (2025-2026) — Concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship programs.

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

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — 58–39 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendment(s) (#3) — 58–39 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 58–38 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — 30–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
• Eslick — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-28 First reading, referred to Education. reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-17 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-17 ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-17 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-21 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2025-02-24 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-26 APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Education. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-26 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-26 Minority; do not pass. 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
• 2025-03-07 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 25). substitution
• 2025-03-07 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2025-03-11 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 with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-27 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-07 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-07 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-07 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-07 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-08 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-04-09 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-04-11 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2025-04-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-04-21 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2025-04-21 Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2025-04-22 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-23 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-24 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-17 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-05-17 Chapter 309, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-17 Effective date 7/27/2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33d352be-4f5c-4585-a114-59b9ef52d7d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).