WA HB 1796

enacted

Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WA HB 1796 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1796 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-24): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA HB 1796 about?

WA HB 1796 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1796?

Callan is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1796, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-24 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-24
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law
2026-03-24
Chapter 170, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-24
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-12
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-12
President signed.
passage
2026-03-12
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-11
Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1.
passage
2026-03-11
House concurred in Senate amendments.
2026-03-11
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-03-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-05
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
2026-03-03
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-03-02
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-03-02
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-03-02
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-03-02
WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-27
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
2026-02-25
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2026-02-24
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-24
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2026-02-24
EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-24
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-18
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
2026-01-16
First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-15
Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-01-15
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-01-13
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
reading-3
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2025-04-27
By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
2025-04-08
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-08
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-08
WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-08
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-28
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-03-27
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-03-27
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-27
EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-27
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-19
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-12
First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-10
Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-03-10
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-09
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
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-20
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
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
First reading, referred to Capital Budget.
reading-1,referral-committee

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8)
2025-03-10 · pass · 85-10
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: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- 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: no
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- 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: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- 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: no
- Volz: other
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)
2026-01-15 · pass · 78-19
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: no
- Connors: yes
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19)
2026-03-05 · pass · 30-18
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: no
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: no
- Holy: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: other
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27)
2026-03-11 · pass · 95-2
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: no
- 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: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: 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: other
- 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: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1796&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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