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| Bill | Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots. | Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots. | us/states/wa | Washington Legislature | 2025-2026 | HB 2225 | Washington HB 2225 (2025-2026) |
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Washington HB 2225 (2025-2026) — Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — 43–5 (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — 69–28 (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — 74–21 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Callan — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-31 Prefiled for introduction.
filing - 2026-01-12 First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
reading-1 - 2026-01-14 Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- 2026-01-23 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-01-23 TEDV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution - 2026-01-23 Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable - 2026-01-23 Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable - 2026-01-27 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee - 2026-02-13 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2 - 2026-02-17 1st substitute bill substituted (TEDV 26).
substitution - 2026-02-17 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- 2026-02-17 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3 - 2026-02-17 Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3 - 2026-02-19 First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.
reading-1 - 2026-02-20 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-02-20 ENET - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-20 Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable - 2026-02-20 Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable - 2026-02-23 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2026-02-24 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2 - 2026-03-06 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- 2026-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3 - 2026-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 House concurred in Senate amendments.
- 2026-03-11 Passed final passage; yeas, 74; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 3.
passage - 2026-03-12 Speaker signed.
passage - 2026-03-12 President signed.
passage - 2026-03-12 Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt - 2026-03-24 Governor signed.
executive-signature - 2026-03-24 Chapter 168, 2026 Laws.
became-law - 2026-03-24 Effective date 1/1/2027.
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4456facf-7dc2-448a-bccd-76642cb87afb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).