HB 1414 Washington House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Improving access to career opportunities for students.

House Bill 1414 aims to improve career access for 16 and 17-year-old students involved in preparatory secondary career and technical education (CTE) programs. The bill expands the statewide career and technical education task force within the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. This task force is directed to review existing laws, rules, and state agency policies that create age-based barriers for students to begin coursework, test for licenses, or work in professions after completing CTE programs. The task force will then develop recommendations, including draft legislation, to remove these restrictions and enhance work-integrated learning opportunities and career entry for these students.

Issues: ✓ Education

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 20, 2025 Signed Apr 16, 2025

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MINOR

The primary change is the addition of a formal Certification of Enrollment page, which officially certifies that the bill has passed both the House and Senate with specific vote counts and dates. This addition is a procedural requirement for a bill to be considered fully enacted law, rather than a substantive change to the bill's policy content.

TECHNICAL

Added a Certification of Enrollment page containing the official vote counts, passage dates, and signatures required to finalize the bill as law.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 7, 2025 · House Mar 12, 2025

How they voted

50–1

Passed

Total votes 51

Apr 7, 2025

D Democratic31

30 Yea 1 Nay

96% Yea

R Republican20

20 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Total actions

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 (50-1)

senate

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

EDU - Majority; do pass.

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Floor amendment(s) adopted.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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

1 primary · 11 co-sponsors