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type: "Bill"
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title: "Convening a work group to study and recommend strategies to recruit, train, and retain large animal veterinarians."
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description: "Convening a work group to study and recommend strategies to recruit, train, and retain large animal veterinarians."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 1705"
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citation: "Washington HB 1705 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-04-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/760267c3-15e5-46bb-838e-528baa19249b"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1705&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "071dc352e9334afb66a25862f426cab9988c01c296067de026ebb50ca2f3e1ce"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 1705 (2025-2026) — Convening a work group to study and recommend strategies to recruit, train, and retain large animal veterinarians.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1705.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1705.E.htm)
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3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1705.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dent — primary (person)
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- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
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- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
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- Connors — cosponsor (person)
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- Connors — cosponsor (person)
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- Dent — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-19** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-10** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-20** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-21** Chapter 86, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-04-21** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/760267c3-15e5-46bb-838e-528baa19249b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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