HB 1215 Washington House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Removing references to pregnancy from the model directive form under the natural death act.

House Bill 1215 modifies Washington state's Natural Death Act by changing the model health care directive form, often referred to as a living will. The bill removes a specific section which currently states that a directive has no legal effect if the person who created it is diagnosed as pregnant. This change ensures that an individual's end-of-life health care directives remain valid regardless of pregnancy status.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Jan 9, 2025 Signed Apr 16, 2025

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Bill → Passed Legislature · 3 edits

MINOR

The document was converted from a House Bill draft into an official Certification of Enrollment, confirming the bill has passed both the House and Senate. This change adds the formal signatures, vote counts, and filing dates required to make the legislation official law, rather than changing the actual policy content of the bill.

TECHNICAL

Added official certification headers, vote tallies, and signatures from the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate to validate the bill as passed legislation.

Included the date the bill was passed by the House (February 13, 2025) and the Senate (April 7, 2025) along with the specific vote counts.

Replaced the draft bill title with a formal certification statement declaring the bill as officially enrolled and filed by the Secretary of State.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 7, 2025 · House Feb 13, 2025

How they voted

32–19

Passed

Total votes 51

Apr 7, 2025

D Democratic31

31 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

1 Yea 19 Nay

95% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 16, 2025

Signed into law

Governor signed.

executive

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

President signed.

upper

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Speaker signed.

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (32-19)

senate

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Minority; without recommendation.

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Minority; do not pass.

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

LAW - Majority; do pass.

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

upper

Feb 13, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (58-37-5)

house

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules 2 Review.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Minority; do not pass.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

CRJ - Majority; do pass.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee relieved of further consideration.

lower

1 primary · 6 co-sponsors