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type: "Bill"
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title: "Regarding unclaimed property held by a museum or historical society."
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description: "Regarding unclaimed property held by a museum or historical society."
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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 1731"
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citation: "Washington HB 1731 (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: ["Waters"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-30"
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last_action: "2025-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50a70522-3960-49d4-915d-97f350e32fa1"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1731&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "70d592e09b27514fe007fa590357b9279c3f7821510a349e8f5a30c0ff009674"
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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 1731 (2025-2026) — Regarding unclaimed property held by a museum or historical society.
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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/1731.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1731.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Waters — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-30** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-14** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-20** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-12** Chapter 242, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-12** 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/50a70522-3960-49d4-915d-97f350e32fa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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