WA HB 2203
died on adjournmentCreating the offense of reckless interference with emergency operations.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WA HB 2203 pass?
No. WA HB 2203 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-12): By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
What is WA HB 2203 about?
WA HB 2203 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Creating the offense of reckless interference with emergency operations.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 2203?
Penner is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2203, joined by 2 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-03-12 — By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Pennerprimary
- Couturecosponsor
- Grahamcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-29
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Community Safety.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-13
Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
2026-01-22
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
2026-01-22
CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-01-27
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-11
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-16
1st substitute bill substituted (CS 26).
substitution
2026-02-16
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-16
Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2026-02-18
First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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
And refer to Transportation.
referral-committee
2026-02-24
Referred to Transportation.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 2:30 PM.
2026-03-02
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
2026-03-12
By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)
2026-02-16 · pass · 94-2
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: other
- 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: 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: no
- 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: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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