WA HB 2156

enacted

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

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 2156 pass?

Yes. WA HB 2156 has been enacted into law. 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

Newest first

2026-03-30
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law
2026-03-30
Chapter 242, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-30
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-12
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-11
President signed.
passage
2026-03-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-11
Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 3.
passage
2026-03-11
Vote on final passage will be reconsidered.
2026-03-11
Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 33; absent, 8; excused, 3.
passage
2026-03-11
House concurred in Senate amendments.
2026-03-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; 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
2026-02-25
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-24
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-24
LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-24
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-20
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 2:00 PM.
2026-02-18
First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-16
Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-02-16
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-16
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-02-10
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-01-23
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-01-22
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-22
CS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-22
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Community Safety.
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 (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-12-16
Prefiled for introduction.
filing

Versions

Passed LegislatureCompare
BillCompare
Engrossed BillCompare
(document, no version)Compare

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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

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

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-10-17T10:43:52.240121Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changes Status and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this session Session 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 2156. 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.