Washington legislation · 2025-26 Regular Session
Washington HR4706: Every child matters day
Status: Passed both chambers, March 2, 2026
Recognizing Every Child Matters Day.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2026-4706 HR 4706 ByRepresentatives Lekanoff, Stearns, Taylor, Hall, Santos, Cortes, Burnett, Thai, Duerr, Timmons, Parshley, Ryu, Fosse, Thomas, Zahn, Simmons, Nance, and Gregerson WHEREAS, Beginning with the Indian Civilization Act of 1819, hundreds of thousands of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children were removed from their families, tribes, communities, and villages and placed in more than 526 Indian boarding schools across the United States until the 1960s; and WHEREAS, Between 1850 and 1930, at least twenty-eight Indian boarding schools, operated by the federal government or religious missions, existed within the boundaries of Washington state, including in Bellingham, Clallam, Port Gamble, Davenport, Federal Way, Kettle Falls, Mora, Neah Bay, Oakville, Olympia, Omak, Priest Point, Squaxin Island, Swinomish, Tacoma, Taholah, Tonasket, Tulalip Bay, Ward, White Swan, and Yakima; and WHEREAS, Indigenous children from Washington state were also sent to asylums, orphanages, and other facilities far from their homes, including to Idaho, Montana, and Oregon; and WHEREAS, Indian boarding schools aimed to culturally assimilate Indigenous children through practices that caused systemic destruction of Indigenous identities, traditions, ceremonies, spirituality, and language; and WHEREAS, Countless American Indian and Alaska Native children died at these Indian boarding schools and were unceremoniously interred, without traditional burials, in unmarked graves and cemeteries at these schools, faraway from their ancestral lands; and WHEREAS, The …
Sponsors
- Debra Lekanoff (D) · primary sponsor
- Chris Stearns (D)
- Jamila Taylor (D)
- Hall, Zach (D)
- Sharon Santos (D)
- Julio Cortes (D)
- Brian Burnett (R)
- My-Linh Thai (D)
- Davina Duerr (D)
- Joe Timmons (D)
- Lisa Parshley (D)
- Cindy Ryu (D)
Latest actions
- : Adopted.
- : Introduced.
Subjects: HOUSE RESOLUTIONS
Common questions
- What is HR4706?
- HR4706 is a bill in the Washington Legislature (2025-26 Regular Session): Every child matters day.
- What does HR4706 do?
- Recognizing Every Child Matters Day.
- What is the status of HR4706?
- Passed both chambers as of March 2, 2026. Latest action: Adopted. (March 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR4706?
- Debra Lekanoff (D), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR4706?
- On the Washington Legislature website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=4706&Year=2025
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