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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States."
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description: "Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States."
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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 2632"
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citation: "Washington HB 2632 (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: ["Thai"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-22"
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last_action: "2026-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1513ac8-7a34-4674-a2a1-dc93a51d92fd"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2632&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "3e7fd623fbbd3707893f3d42334622f054adf70e1e71ae42d5e74604ad16dc1e"
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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 2632 (2025-2026) — Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States.
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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/2632.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2632.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Thai — primary (person)
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- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
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- Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Mena — cosponsor (person)
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- Nance — cosponsor (person)
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- Obras — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
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- Santos — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-22** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-03** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-24** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-11** Chapter 36, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-11** Effective date 6/11/2026*. `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/d1513ac8-7a34-4674-a2a1-dc93a51d92fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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