Bill Commons

WA HB 2508

enacted

Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WA HB 2508 pass?

Yes. WA HB 2508 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-24): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA HB 2508 about?

WA HB 2508 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 2508?

Entenman is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2508, joined by 14 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-24 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Entenmanprimary
  • Streetcosponsor
  • Polletcosponsor
  • Hillcosponsor
  • Ormsbycosponsor
  • Goodmancosponsor
  • Dogliocosponsor
  • Reedcosponsor
  • Bergquistcosponsor
  • Reevescosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor
  • Stearnscosponsor
  • Menacosponsor
  • Klobacosponsor
  • Burnettcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-24

    Effective date 6/11/2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-03-24

    Chapter 174, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2026-03-24

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-03-06

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-03-06

    President signed.

    passage

  6. 2026-03-05

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  7. 2026-03-04

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  8. 2026-03-04

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2026-03-03

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  10. 2026-03-02

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  11. 2026-03-02

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2026-03-02

    WM - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-03-02

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.

  14. 2026-02-27

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.

  15. 2026-02-26

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-02-26

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-02-26

    TRAN - Majority; without recommendation.

  18. 2026-02-26

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.

  19. 2026-02-24

    Referred to Transportation.

    referral-committee

  20. 2026-02-24

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  21. 2026-02-24

    And refer to Transportation.

    referral-committee

  22. 2026-02-24

    LAW - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2026-02-24

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.

  24. 2026-02-23

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  25. 2026-02-18

    First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  26. 2026-02-16

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    reading-3

  27. 2026-02-16

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  28. 2026-02-16

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  29. 2026-02-16

    1st substitute bill substituted (CS 26).

    substitution

  30. 2026-02-13

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  31. 2026-02-04

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  32. 2026-02-02

    CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  33. 2026-02-02

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.

  34. 2026-01-27

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.

  35. 2026-01-15

    First reading, referred to Community Safety.

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3)

    2026-02-16 · pass · 90-6

    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: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: no
    • 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: no
    • 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: no
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13)

    2026-03-04 · pass · 44-4

    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: no
    • McCune: no
    • 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.: no

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2508&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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