HB 1167 Washington House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Directing the statewide career and technical education task force to consider educational opportunities for careers in maritime professions.

House Bill 1167 directs the existing statewide career and technical education task force to specifically consider educational opportunities for careers in maritime professions. The bill expands the task force's mandate, requiring it to develop recommendations for strengthening and expanding access to work-integrated learning, including career and technical education and apprenticeship programs, with a particular focus on the maritime sector. These recommendations will cover aspects like curricula, industry partnerships, educator training, and alignment with postsecondary programs. The aim is to enhance and standardize career and technical education programs to better prepare students for jobs in maritime industries.

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

May 2025

Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025

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What changed between versions

Bill → Passed Legislature · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill added a formal certification of enrollment page to confirm its passage by both legislative chambers. Substantively, the bill reorganized the list of representatives on a task force, removing the Department of Transportation and the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges from the original list while adding the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges back in a new position, effectively swapping out the Department of Transportation for the Skill Center Association and shifting other industry representatives down the list.

Scope change

The scope of the task force membership changed by replacing the Department of Transportation representative with a Skill Center representative and reordering the remaining industry representatives.

TECHNICAL

Added a certification of enrollment page to document the bill's passage by the House and Senate.

REQUIREMENT

Replaced the Department of Transportation representative with a Skill Center representative on the task force.

Reordered the list of task force representatives, shifting the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Skill Center Association, Allied Health, and Workforce Training representatives to new positions.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2025 · House Apr 21, 2025

How they voted

51–0

Passed

Total votes 51

Apr 9, 2025

D Democratic31

31 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

20 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

May 13, 2025

Signed into law

Governor signed.

executive

Apr 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

President signed.

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Speaker signed.

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

House concurred in Senate amendments.

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Floor amendment(s) adopted.

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

EDU - Majority; do pass.

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules 2 Review.

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

ED - Majority; do pass.

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to Education.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee relieved of further consideration.

lower

1 primary · 6 co-sponsors