BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 1400: Officer certification

Concerning officer certification definitions, processes, and commissioning.

Summary

Requires specified peace officers and corrections officers, moving from one Washington law enforcement or corrections agency to another, or moving from a certified peace officer position to a certified corrections officer position, or vice versa, to comply with background investigation requirements.
Removes the requirement that an administrative law judge issue a proposed recommendation to the panel in a hearing on the denial, suspension, or revocation of a peace officer's or corrections officer's certification.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1400), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor

AN ACT Relating to officer certification definitions, processes, and commissioning;

No recorded floor votes.

Jan 12, 2026House Rules "X" file.
Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Mar 19, 2025Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
Mar 9, 2025Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Feb 10, 2025Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 6, 2025CS - Majority; do pass.
Feb 6, 2025CS - Executive action taken by committee.
Jan 20, 2025First reading, referred to Community Safety.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1400 (2023–24) Property exempt from exec. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1400 (2021–22) Alt. professional licensing · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1400 (2019–20) Employment security records · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1400 (2017–18) Aviation license plate · Enacted · Chapter 11, Laws of 2017
HB 1400 (2015–16) Higher ed budget info/online · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1400 (2013–14) Service/electr. distribution · Enacted · Chapter 110, Laws of 2013
HB 1400 (2011–12) Firearms on snowmobiles · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1400 (2009–10) Volnteer health practitioner · Did not pass · died in committee