WA HB 1503

died on adjournment

Furthering digital equity and opportunity in Washington state.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1503 pass?

No. WA HB 1503 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-12): Referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.

What is WA HB 1503 about?

WA HB 1503 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Furthering digital equity and opportunity in Washington state.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1503?

Gregerson is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1503, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — Referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-22
First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-31
Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-12
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-18
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-18
TEDV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-18
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-18
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-20
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2025-02-24
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-27
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
2025-02-27
APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-27
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-27
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-28
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-09
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-10
2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25).
substitution
2025-03-10
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-10
Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-03-12
First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-25
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-01
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-01
ENET - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-01
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-04-01
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-01
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-02
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-04-05
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
2025-04-07
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-08
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-27
By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2026-01-12
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
2026-01-12
Referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
referral-committee

Versions

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11)
2025-03-10 · pass · 61-34
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: other
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: other
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1503&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:37:10.718715Z

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