WA HB 2049
enactedInvesting in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
- Introduced
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- Status date
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- Latest action
- 2025-05-20 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Bergquistprimary
- Hillcosponsor
- Reevescosponsor
- Reedcosponsor
- Farivarcosponsor
- Dogliocosponsor
- Gregersoncosponsor
- Streetcosponsor
- Ramelcosponsor
- Berrycosponsor
- Callancosponsor
- Macricosponsor
- Parshleycosponsor
- Ormsbycosponsor
- Ryucosponsor
- Fossecosponsor
- Petersoncosponsor
- Santoscosponsor
- Polletcosponsor
- Wyliecosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-24
First reading, referred to Finance.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-04-03
Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
2025-04-18
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
2025-04-19
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 9:00 AM.
2025-04-19
FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-04-19
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-19
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-19
Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-04-21
1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 25).
substitution
2025-04-21
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-04-21
Held on calendar.
2025-04-21
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-04-22
Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-04-22
First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-04-23
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-25
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-25
WM - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-25
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-25
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-25
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-04-26
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-26
Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-04-26
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-26
President signed.
passage
2025-04-27
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-05-20
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-05-20
Chapter 404, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-20
Effective date 7/27/2025.
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Votes
1352 Rude Pg 1 Ln 27 (#26)
2025-04-21 · fail · 44-54
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: no
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: no
- Nance: no
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
1363 Penner Pg 1 Ln 6 (#28)
2025-04-21 · fail · 43-55
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: no
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: no
- Nance: no
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: no
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
1357 Couture Pg 10 Ln 7 (#30)
2025-04-21 · fail · 44-54
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: no
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: no
- Nance: no
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
1355 Abell Pg 1 Ln 5 (#24)
2025-04-21 · fail · 45-53
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: no
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: no
- Nance: no
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
1354 Couture Pg 1 Ln 27 (#27)
2025-04-21 · fail · 45-53
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: no
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: no
- Nance: no
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
1356 Keaton Pg 1 Ln 5 (#25)
2025-04-21 · fail · 43-55
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: no
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: no
- Nance: no
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: no
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
1362 Caldier Pg 6 Ln 29 (#29)
2025-04-21 · fail · 46-52
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: no
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: no
- Nance: no
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)
2025-04-22 · pass · 50-48
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: no
- 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: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: yes
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: no
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: no
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: no
- Rude: no
- Rule: no
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: no
- 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: no
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3)
2025-04-26 · pass · 28-20
Member-level votes (48)
- 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: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: no
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- 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
475 Fortunato Pg 4 Ln 15 (#2)
2025-04-26 · fail · 19-29
Member-level votes (48)
- Alvarado: no
- Bateman: no
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: no
- Christian: yes
- Cleveland: no
- Conway: no
- Cortes: no
- Dhingra: no
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: no
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: no
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: no
- Holy: yes
- Kauffman: no
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: no
- Liias: no
- Lovelett: no
- Lovick: no
- MacEwen: yes
- McCune: yes
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: no
- Orwall: no
- Pedersen: no
- Riccelli: no
- Robinson: no
- Saldaña: no
- Salomon: no
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: no
- Short: yes
- Slatter: no
- Stanford: no
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: no
- Valdez: no
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: no
- Wilson, C.: no
- Wilson, J.: yes
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