WA HB 2309

enacted

Reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating postgraduate degree requirements that are unnecessary.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 2309 pass?

Yes. WA HB 2309 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-14. Latest recorded action (2026-03-14): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA HB 2309 about?

WA HB 2309 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating postgraduate degree requirements that are unnecessary.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 2309?

Leavitt is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2309, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-14 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-07
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-16
Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
2026-01-20
Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-20
SGOV - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-22
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-01-27
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-01-29
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-01-29
Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-02-02
First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-16
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 8:30 AM.
2026-02-24
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-24
SGTE - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-25
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-27
Placed on second reading consent calendar.
reading-2
2026-03-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-03-05
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-06
President signed.
passage
2026-03-06
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-14
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-14
Chapter 38, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-14
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)
2026-01-29 · pass · 97-0
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: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: yes
- 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: yes
- 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
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6)
2026-03-04 · pass · 48-0
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: yes
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: other
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: yes
- McCune: yes
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: yes
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2309&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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