WA HB 2156

enacted

Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 2156 pass?

Yes. WA HB 2156 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-30. Latest recorded action (2026-03-30): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA HB 2156 about?

WA HB 2156 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 2156?

Obras is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2156, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-30 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-12-16
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Community Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-12
Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Community Safety.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-22
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
2026-01-22
CS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-22
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-23
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-10
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-16
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-02-16
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-16
Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-02-18
First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-20
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 2:00 PM.
2026-02-24
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-24
LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-24
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-25
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-03-03
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-03-05
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
2026-03-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-03-11
House concurred in Senate amendments.
2026-03-11
Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 33; absent, 8; excused, 3.
passage
2026-03-11
Vote on final passage will be reconsidered.
2026-03-11
Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 3.
passage
2026-03-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-11
President signed.
passage
2026-03-12
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-30
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-30
Chapter 242, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-30
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20)
2026-02-16 · pass · 54-43
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: no
- 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
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- 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: 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: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: no
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30)
2026-03-05 · pass · 29-19
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: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- 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 on Reconsideration (#9)
2026-03-11 · pass · 54-41
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- 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: other
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: other
- 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: no
- Rude: no
- Rule: no
- 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: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: no
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8)
2026-03-11 · pass · 54-33
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: other
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: other
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: other
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: other
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: other
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: other
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: other
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: other
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: no
- Rude: other
- Rule: no
- 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: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: no
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: other
- Zahn: yes

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2156&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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