WA HB 2426
enactedImproving efficiency in appeals to the pollution control hearings board.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WA HB 2426 pass?
Yes. WA HB 2426 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-18. Latest recorded action (2026-03-18): Effective date 6/11/2026.
What is WA HB 2426 about?
WA HB 2426 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Improving efficiency in appeals to the pollution control hearings board.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 2426?
Bernbaum is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2426, joined by 4 cosponsors.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-03-18 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Bernbaumprimary
- Scottcosponsor
- McEntirecosponsor
- Parshleycosponsor
- Reedcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-13
First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-20
Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
2026-01-29
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
2026-01-29
ENVI - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-29
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-03
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-06
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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2026-02-11
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2026-02-11
Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
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2026-02-13
First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.
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2026-02-18
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-20
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-20
ENET - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-23
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-03-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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2026-03-06
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2026-03-06
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
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2026-03-11
Speaker signed.
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2026-03-12
President signed.
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2026-03-12
Delivered to Governor.
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2026-03-18
Governor signed.
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2026-03-18
Chapter 98, 2026 Laws.
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2026-03-18
Effective date 6/11/2026.
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Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19)
2026-02-11 · pass · 96-0
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: other
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30)
2026-03-06 · 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: yes
- 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.: other
Related bills
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