WA HB 2244
died on adjournmentAdopting the recommendations of the public records exemptions accountability committee in its 2025 annual report.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WA HB 2244 pass?
No. WA HB 2244 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 2244 about?
WA HB 2244 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Adopting the recommendations of the public records exemptions accountability committee in its 2025 annual report.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 2244?
Mena is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2244, joined by 7 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-03-12 — By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Menaprimary
- Gregersoncosponsor
- Dogliocosponsor
- Duerrcosponsor
- Reevescosponsor
- Fitzgibboncosponsor
- Reedcosponsor
- Scottcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-05
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-14
Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-20
Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-20
SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-01-22
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-14
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-16
1st substitute bill substituted (SGOV 26).
substitution
2026-02-16
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-16
Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2026-02-18
First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-03-12
By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13)
2026-02-16 · pass · 70-26
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: other
- 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: 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: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: no
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
Related bills
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