WA HB 2436

enacted

Concerning requirements of oil tankers operating in restricted waters.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 2436 pass?

Yes. WA HB 2436 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-16. Latest recorded action (2026-03-16): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA HB 2436 about?

WA HB 2436 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning requirements of oil tankers operating in restricted waters.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 2436?

Lekanoff is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2436, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-16 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-13
First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
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2026-01-29
Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-02
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-02
ENVI - Majority; do pass.
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2026-02-04
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-10
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, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.
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2026-02-13
First reading, referred to Transportation.
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2026-02-27
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 2:30 PM.
2026-02-27
TRAN - Majority; do pass.
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2026-02-27
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-27
Minority; without recommendation.
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2026-03-02
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-03-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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2026-03-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2026-03-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2.
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2026-03-06
Speaker signed.
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2026-03-09
President signed.
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2026-03-10
Delivered to Governor.
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2026-03-16
Governor signed.
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2026-03-16
Chapter 64, 2026 Laws.
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2026-03-16
Effective date 6/11/2026.
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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13)
2026-02-11 · pass · 94-0
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: other
- 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: other
- 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 (#38)
2026-03-05 · pass · 46-1
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- 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.: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2436&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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