House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
ESHB 1531: Preserving the ability of public officials to address communicable diseases.
Signed into law: Chapter 105, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Bronoske
- Introduced
- January 23, 2025
- Status
- C 105 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 4/21/2025. (April 21, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires public health responses to communicable diseases to be guided by the best available science.
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Floor votes
- House: 501 Abbarno Pg 1 Ln 20 · March 8, 202538 yea · 55 nay · 5 not voting
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 8, 202558 yea · 35 nay · 5 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 202531 yea · 18 nay
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