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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

Quick answers

Did WA HB 2508 pass?

Yes. WA HB 2508 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-24. 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

  1. 2026-01-15

    First reading, referred to Community Safety.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-27

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

  3. 2026-02-02

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

  4. 2026-02-02

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

    substitution

  5. 2026-02-04

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-02-13

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

    reading-2

  7. 2026-02-16

    1st substitute bill substituted (CS 26).

    substitution

  8. 2026-02-16

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  9. 2026-02-16

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  10. 2026-02-16

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

    reading-3

  11. 2026-02-18

    First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  12. 2026-02-23

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

  13. 2026-02-24

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

  14. 2026-02-24

    LAW - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2026-02-24

    And refer to Transportation.

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-02-24

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  17. 2026-02-24

    Referred to Transportation.

    referral-committee

  18. 2026-02-26

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

  19. 2026-02-26

    TRAN - Majority; without recommendation.

  20. 2026-02-26

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-02-26

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  22. 2026-02-27

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

  23. 2026-03-02

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

  24. 2026-03-02

    WM - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. 2026-03-02

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  26. 2026-03-02

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  27. 2026-03-03

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  28. 2026-03-04

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  29. 2026-03-04

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

    reading-3

  30. 2026-03-05

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  31. 2026-03-06

    President signed.

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  32. 2026-03-06

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  33. 2026-03-24

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  34. 2026-03-24

    Chapter 174, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  35. 2026-03-24

    Effective date 6/11/2026.

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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

Related bills

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Official source

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

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