Bill Commons

WA HB 1549

enacted

Modifying the responsible bidder criteria for public works projects.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1549 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1549 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-16): Effective date 7/1/2026.

What is WA HB 1549 about?

WA HB 1549 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Modifying the responsible bidder criteria for public works projects.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1549?

Fosse is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1549, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2025-04-16 — Effective date 7/1/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Fosseprimary
  • Macricosponsor
  • Scottcosponsor
  • Polletcosponsor
  • Petersoncosponsor
  • Ormsbycosponsor
  • Taylorcosponsor
  • Salahuddincosponsor
  • Hillcosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor
  • Stearnscosponsor
  • Goodmancosponsor
  • Reedcosponsor
  • Berrycosponsor
  • Obrascosponsor
  • Callancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-16

    Effective date 7/1/2026.

    became-law

  2. 2025-04-16

    Chapter 63, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-04-16

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-11

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-10

    President signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-09

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-07

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  8. 2025-04-07

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2025-04-02

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  10. 2025-03-29

    On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-03-28

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-03-28

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  13. 2025-03-28

    SGTE - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-03-28

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.

  15. 2025-03-25

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.

  16. 2025-03-12

    First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  17. 2025-03-10

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.

    reading-3

  18. 2025-03-10

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  19. 2025-03-10

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  20. 2025-03-10

    2nd substitute bill substituted (CB 25).

    substitution

  21. 2025-03-04

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  22. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  23. 2025-02-28

    APP - Majority; do pass 2nd substitute bill proposed by Capital Budget.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2025-02-28

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  25. 2025-02-27

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  26. 2025-02-27

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-02-26

    CB - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  28. 2025-02-26

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.

  29. 2025-02-25

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.

  30. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Capital Budget.

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-02-14

    LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  32. 2025-02-14

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.

  33. 2025-02-04

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.

  34. 2025-01-23

    First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10)

    2025-03-10 · pass · 95-0

    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: other
    • 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: other
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7)

    2025-04-07 · pass · 48-1

    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: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1549&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-10-18T19:34:06.116593Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=WA&identifier=HB 1549. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.