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BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1714

HB 1714: Small business risk pooling

Enabling opportunities for risk pooling by small businesses for property and liability risks.

Summary

  • Authorizes and establishes requirements for small business entities to join or create self-insured risk pools with other small business entities.

From the House Bill Analysis 2025 (HB 1714), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 29, 2025
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Julio Cortes (D-38)
Introduced
January 29, 2025 in the House
Last action
January 12, 2026
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1714, SHB 1714

AN ACT Relating to enabling opportunities for risk pooling by small businesses for property and liability risks;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Julio Cortes (D-38)

12 co-sponsors (12 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Amy Walen D-48Lisa Parshley D-22Lisa Callan D-5Janice Zahn D-41Strom Peterson D-21Clyde Shavers D-10Osman Salahuddin D-48Chipalo Street D-37Julia Reed D-36Greg Nance D-23Timm Ormsby D-3Natasha Hill D-3

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1714)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Finance. (SHB 1714)
  4. Referred to Finance.
  5. CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1714)
  6. CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  7. CPB - Executive action taken by committee.
  8. First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business.

HB 1714 in other sessions

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

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