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type: "Bill"
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title: "Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations."
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description: "Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations."
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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 1562"
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citation: "Washington HB 1562 (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: ["Hunt"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-23"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25c1a7aa-6a18-4e65-944a-8e4666ce94d2"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1562&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "6f2fca878b5750c1b66f8d6ffd9a076e0c2e785ab20755d6e8a651f938182ac2"
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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 1562 (2025-2026) — Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations.
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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/1562.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1562-S.E.htm)
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3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1562-S.htm)
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4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1562-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **67–28** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **40–8** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **67–26** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hunt — primary (person)
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- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
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- Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- Callan — cosponsor (person)
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- Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
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- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott — 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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- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-07** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (LG 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-03-04** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-14** SGTE - Majority; without recommendation.
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- **2025-03-14** And refer to Local Government. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Referred to Local Government. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-27** LGV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-04-11** 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, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2025-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 67; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 5. `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Chapter 274, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/25c1a7aa-6a18-4e65-944a-8e4666ce94d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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