WA HB 1461
enactedConcerning contracts for materials or work required by joint operating agencies.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WA HB 1461 pass?
Yes. WA HB 1461 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-16): Effective date 7/27/2025.
What is WA HB 1461 about?
WA HB 1461 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning contracts for materials or work required by joint operating agencies.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 1461?
Stearns is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1461, joined by 2 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-04-16 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Stearnsprimary
- Barnardcosponsor
- Stearnscosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-04-16
Effective date 7/27/2025.
became-law
2025-04-16
Chapter 62, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-16
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-11
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-10
President signed.
passage
2025-04-09
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-04-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-02
Placed on second reading consent calendar.
reading-2
2025-03-24
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-21
ENET - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-21
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-14
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-06
First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-03-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-04
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-02-28
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-02-21
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-02-20
CB - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-20
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-13
Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-03
Referred to Capital Budget.
referral-committee
2025-01-30
ENVI - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-30
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-27
Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
2025-01-21
First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
reading-1,referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8)
2025-03-04 · pass · 97-0
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10)
2025-04-05 · pass · 48-0
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: yes
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: yes
- McCune: yes
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: other
- Short: yes
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes
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