Washington legislation · 2025-26 Regular Session
Washington HR4692: Japanese-Americans/WWII
Status: Passed both chambers, February 19, 2026
Honoring Japanese-Americans who suffered relocation and internment during World War II.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2026-4692 HR 4692 ByRepresentatives Jinkins, Stokesbary, Abbarno, Abell, Barkis, Barnard, Berg, Bergquist, Bernbaum, Berry, Bronoske, Burnett, 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, Hall, Hill, 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, Valdez, Volz, Walen, Walsh, Waters, Wylie, Ybarra, and Zahn WHEREAS, On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which authorized the United States military to forcibly remove and incarcerate more than 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast, including 12,000 Japanese American residents of Washington State; and WHEREAS, The first civilian evacuation order gave Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, Washington less than one week to leave behind homes, personal belongings, farms, businesses, friends, and family and report to detention centers like Camp Harmony on the grounds of the Washington State fair in Puyallup, where hastily converted horse stables housed the evacuated families; and WHEREAS, These detention centers were temporary quarters for the evacuees while the United States …
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 HR4692?
- HR4692 is a bill in the Washington Legislature (2025-26 Regular Session): Japanese-Americans/WWII.
- What does HR4692 do?
- Honoring Japanese-Americans who suffered relocation and internment during World War II.
- What is the status of HR4692?
- Passed both chambers as of February 19, 2026. Latest action: Adopted. (February 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR4692?
- Laurie Jinkins (D), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR4692?
- On the Washington Legislature website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=4692&Year=2025
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