ESHB 1201: Identifying accommodations allowing pets in an emergency or extreme weather event.
Signed into law: Chapter 80, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Leavitt
- Introduced
- January 13, 2025
- Status
- C 80 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 21, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires each county and city to identify emergency shelters, cooling centers, and heating centers that can accommodate pets in updates to local comprehensive emergency management plans. Requires each county and city to provide pet emergency preparedness information on its website.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 202569 yea · 26 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 11, 202538 yea · 11 nay
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