WA HB 2534
enactedPromoting educational stability for children of military families.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WA HB 2534 pass?
Yes. WA HB 2534 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-11. Latest recorded action (2026-03-11): Effective date 6/11/2026.
What is WA HB 2534 about?
WA HB 2534 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Promoting educational stability for children of military families.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 2534?
Shavers is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2534, joined by 4 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-03-11 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Shaversprimary
- Nancecosponsor
- Leavittcosponsor
- Barnardcosponsor
- McEntirecosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-19
First reading, referred to Education.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-27
Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
2026-02-02
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-02
ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-02-04
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-11
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-12
1st substitute bill substituted (ED 26).
substitution
2026-02-12
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-02-12
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-12
Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
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2026-02-16
First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-18
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-18
EDU - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-19
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-24
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-02-28
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-28
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
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2026-03-04
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-04
President signed.
passage
2026-03-05
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-11
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-11
Chapter 32, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-11
Effective date 6/11/2026.
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Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19)
2026-02-12 · pass · 96-0
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: other
- 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: yes
- 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: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17)
2026-02-28 · pass · 48-0
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: yes
- 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: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: yes
- McCune: yes
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: other
- 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.: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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