Washington legislation · 2025-26 Regular Session
Washington HR4617: Children's day
Status: Passed both chambers, February 17, 2025
Encouraging the celebration of Children's Day.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2025-4617 HR 4617 ByRepresentatives Jinkins, Stokesbary, Abbarno, Abell, Barkis, Barnard, Berg, Bergquist, Bernbaum, Berry, Bronoske, Burnett, Caldier, Callan, Chase, Connors, Corry, Cortes, Couture, Davis, Dent, Doglio, Donaghy, Duerr, Dufault, Dye, Engell, Entenman, Eslick, Farivar, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Fosse, Goodman, Graham, Gregerson, Griffey, Hackney, Hill, Hunt, Jacobsen, Keaton, Klicker, Kloba, Leavitt, Lekanoff, Ley, Low, Macri, Manjarrez, Marshall, McClintock, McEntire, Mena, Mendoza, Morgan, Nance, Obras, Orcutt, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Parshley, Paul, Penner, Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Reed, Reeves, Richards, Rude, Rule, Ryu, Salahuddin, Santos, Schmick, Schmidt, Scott, Shavers, Simmons, Springer, Stearns, Steele, Stonier, Street, Stuebe, Taylor, Thai, Tharinger, Thomas, Timmons, Volz, Walen, Walsh, Waters, Wylie, Ybarra, and Zahn WHEREAS, We welcome to the House of Representatives the young people here today, visiting the workspace of their legislature; and WHEREAS, In the state of Washington, we believe in leaving our state a better place than we found it, as we don't inherit the earth, we borrow it from our children; and WHEREAS, Students are here all session working diligently serving as pages and interns, and we hope their experience in Olympia inspires them to remain informed and engaged in their democracy; and WHEREAS, We can learn much from children, as they are exposed from birth to different places, languages, and people, and embrace those new experiences with a smile and open arms; and …
Sponsors
- Laurie Jinkins (D) · primary sponsor
- Drew Stokesbary (R)
- Peter Abbarno (R)
- Hunter Abell (R)
- Andrew Barkis (R)
- Stephanie Barnard (R)
- April Berg (D)
- Steve Bergquist (D)
- Adam Bernbaum (D)
- Liz Berry (D)
- Dan Bronoske (D)
- Brian Burnett (R)
Latest actions
- : Adopted.
- : Introduced.
Subjects: HOUSE RESOLUTIONS
Common questions
- What is HR4617?
- HR4617 is a bill in the Washington Legislature (2025-26 Regular Session): Children's day.
- What does HR4617 do?
- Encouraging the celebration of Children's Day.
- What is the status of HR4617?
- Passed both chambers as of February 17, 2025. Latest action: Adopted. (February 17, 2025).
- Who sponsored HR4617?
- Laurie Jinkins (D), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR4617?
- On the Washington Legislature website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=4617&Year=2025
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