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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 1085: School safety/penalties

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1085 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on December 16, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and extracurricular activities and requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties. Primary sponsor: Suzanne Schmidt (R). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 12, 2026): By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and extracurricular activities and requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Suzanne SchmidtPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Andrew BarkisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Travis CoutureCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Carolyn EslickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Dan GriffeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Mark KlickerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Mari LeavittCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Sam LowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Stephanie McClintockCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Joel McEntireCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Greg NanceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Joe TimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Mike VolzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Kevin WatersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Alex YbarraCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
  3. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  4. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  5. APP - Executive action taken by committee.
  6. APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  7. Referred to Appropriations.
  8. CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  9. CS - Executive action taken by committee.
  10. First reading, referred to Community Safety.
  11. Prefiled for introduction.

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page