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WashingtonHB 13852025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Concerning fingerprint background check on applicants.

Sponsored By: Jamila Taylor (Democratic)

Became Law

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.

Crimes that can bar care work

The law lists crimes that can disqualify people from jobs or volunteer roles with children, seniors, or people with disabilities. Examples include murder, rape, child molestation, kidnapping, assault, child abuse or neglect, and sexual exploitation of minors. A qualified entity can treat a listed conviction as disqualifying. The list also covers future renamed versions of these crimes.

Who needs care-work background checks

The law explains who must get fingerprint background checks in care settings. You count as an applicant if you seek paid, volunteer, or contract roles with access to children, seniors, or people with disabilities. It also covers prospective adoptive parents and some nonparental custodians. "Unsupervised" means not with another staff member or a relative or guardian. Peer counselors’ incidental contact with children at counseling sites is not unsupervised. A vulnerable adult includes any adult who cannot care for themselves.

Which organizations can run fingerprint checks

The law defines which businesses and agencies count as covered organizations for background checks. Qualified entities include any public or private group that provides or places care, and those that license or certify care providers. These organizations can request state and national fingerprint checks for staff, contractors, and volunteers. Examples include school districts, educational service districts, and public housing authorities.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jamila Taylor

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Brian Burnett

    Republican • House

  • Edwin Obras

    Democratic • House

  • John Ley

    Republican • House

  • Kristine Reeves

    Democratic • House

  • Lauren Davis

    Democratic • House

  • Mari Leavitt

    Democratic • House

  • Osman Salahuddin

    Democratic • House

  • Sharon Wylie

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 145 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/5/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 48 • No: 0 • Other: 1

House vote • 3/5/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 97 • No: 0 • Other: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 7/27/2025.

    4/16/2025House

  2. Chapter 60, 2025 Laws.

    4/16/2025House

  3. Governor signed.

    4/16/2025legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    4/11/2025legislature

  5. President signed.

    4/10/2025legislature

  6. Speaker signed.

    4/9/2025legislature

  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    4/5/2025House

  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    4/5/2025House

  9. Placed on second reading consent calendar.

    4/2/2025House

  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    3/26/2025House

  11. HS - Majority; do pass.

    3/25/2025House

  12. First reading, referred to Human Services.

    3/7/2025House

  13. Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    3/5/2025House

  14. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    3/5/2025House

  15. Floor amendment(s) adopted.

    3/5/2025House

  16. 1st substitute bill substituted.

    3/5/2025House

  17. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    2/28/2025House

  18. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    2/18/2025House

  19. ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    2/14/2025House

  20. ELHS - Executive action taken by committee.

    2/14/2025House

  21. Referred to Early Learning & Human Services.

    1/21/2025House

  22. Committee relieved of further consideration.

    1/21/2025House

  23. First reading, referred to Community Safety.

    1/20/2025House

  24. Introduced

    1/20/2025House

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