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WA HB 1549

enacted

Modifying the responsible bidder criteria for public works projects.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1549 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1549 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-16. 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
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Latest action
2025-04-16 — Effective date 7/1/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

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

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-23

    First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-04

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

  3. 2025-02-14

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

  4. 2025-02-14

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

    substitution

  5. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Capital Budget.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-02-25

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

  7. 2025-02-26

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

  8. 2025-02-26

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

    substitution

  9. 2025-02-27

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-02-27

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

  11. 2025-02-28

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

  12. 2025-02-28

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-03-04

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

    reading-2

  15. 2025-03-10

    2nd substitute bill substituted (CB 25).

    substitution

  16. 2025-03-10

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  17. 2025-03-10

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  18. 2025-03-10

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

    reading-3

  19. 2025-03-12

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  20. 2025-03-25

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

  21. 2025-03-28

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

  22. 2025-03-28

    SGTE - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-03-28

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  24. 2025-03-28

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-03-29

    On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-04-02

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  27. 2025-04-07

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  28. 2025-04-07

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

    reading-3

  29. 2025-04-09

    Speaker signed.

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  30. 2025-04-10

    President signed.

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  31. 2025-04-11

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  32. 2025-04-16

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  33. 2025-04-16

    Chapter 63, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  34. 2025-04-16

    Effective date 7/1/2026.

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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

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Official source

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

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