Bill Commons

WA HB 2511

died on adjournment

Providing a definition for imminent physical harm in the context of child welfare.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 2511 pass?

No. WA HB 2511 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-27): Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.

What is WA HB 2511 about?

WA HB 2511 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Providing a definition for imminent physical harm in the context of child welfare.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 2511?

Dent is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2511, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-01-27 — Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Dentprimary
  • Barnardcosponsor
  • Reevescosponsor
  • Eslickcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-15

    First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-27

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Motion to Relieve Committee and place on second reading calendar (#32)

    2026-02-16 · fail · 40-56

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: yes
    • Abell: yes
    • Barkis: yes
    • Barnard: yes
    • Berg: no
    • Bergquist: no
    • Bernbaum: no
    • Berry: no
    • Bronoske: no
    • Burnett: yes
    • Callan: no
    • Chase: yes
    • Connors: yes
    • Corry: yes
    • Cortes: no
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: no
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: no
    • Duerr: no
    • Dufault: yes
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: other
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: no
    • Fey: no
    • Fitzgibbon: no
    • Fosse: no
    • Goodman: no
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: no
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: no
    • Hall: no
    • Hill: no
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: no
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: no
    • Leavitt: no
    • Lekanoff: no
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: no
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: yes
    • Mena: no
    • Mendoza: yes
    • Morgan: no
    • Nance: no
    • Obras: no
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: no
    • Ortiz-Self: no
    • Parshley: no
    • Paul: no
    • Penner: yes
    • Peterson: no
    • Pollet: no
    • Ramel: no
    • Reed: no
    • Reeves: no
    • Richards: no
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: no
    • Ryu: no
    • Salahuddin: no
    • Santos: no
    • Schmick: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Scott: no
    • Shavers: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Springer: no
    • Stearns: no
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: no
    • Street: no
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: no
    • Thai: no
    • Tharinger: other
    • Thomas: no
    • Timmons: no
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: no
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: no
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2511&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:37:10.718715Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=WA&identifier=HB 2511. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.