WA HB 2521
enactedConcerning firearms background check.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WA HB 2521 pass?
Yes. WA HB 2521 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-18): Effective date 6/11/2026*.
What is WA HB 2521 about?
WA HB 2521 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning firearms background check.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 2521?
Ormsby is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2521, joined by 5 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-03-18 — Effective date 6/11/2026*.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Ormsbyprimary
- Donaghycosponsor
- Leavittcosponsor
- Polletcosponsor
- Parshleycosponsor
- Berrycosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-18
Effective date 6/11/2026*.
became-law
2026-03-18
Chapter 100, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-18
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-12
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-12
President signed.
passage
2026-03-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-09
Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-03-09
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-03-02
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-03-02
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-03-02
WM - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-27
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
2026-02-24
First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 9.
reading-3
2026-02-23
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-14
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-03
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-01-29
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-29
APP - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-29
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
2026-01-21
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
2026-01-16
First reading, referred to Appropriations.
reading-1,referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3)
2026-02-23 · pass · 53-36
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: other
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: other
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: other
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: other
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: no
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: other
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: other
- Volz: other
- Walen: other
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12)
2026-03-09 · pass · 28-21
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: no
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: no
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: no
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
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