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WA HB 2637

died on adjournment

Safeguarding personal information entrusted to agencies that is of no legitimate concern to the public.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 2637 pass?

No. WA HB 2637 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 (2026-03-12): By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.

What is WA HB 2637 about?

WA HB 2637 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Safeguarding personal information entrusted to agencies that is of no legitimate concern to the public.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 2637?

Gregerson is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2637, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-12 — By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Gregersonprimary
  • Santoscosponsor
  • Ramelcosponsor
  • Macricosponsor
  • Zahncosponsor
  • Taylorcosponsor
  • Ormsbycosponsor
  • Goodmancosponsor
  • Petersoncosponsor
  • Fossecosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor
  • Ortiz-Selfcosponsor
  • Stearnscosponsor
  • Daviscosponsor
  • Menacosponsor
  • Obrascosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-22

    First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.

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  2. 2026-01-30

    Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.

  3. 2026-02-03

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.

  4. 2026-02-03

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

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  5. 2026-02-03

    Minority; do not pass.

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  6. 2026-02-04

    Referred to Appropriations.

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  7. 2026-02-06

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.

  8. 2026-02-09

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.

  9. 2026-02-09

    APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

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  10. 2026-02-09

    Minority; do not pass.

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  11. 2026-02-09

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  12. 2026-02-14

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

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  13. 2026-02-16

    2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 26).

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  14. 2026-02-16

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  15. 2026-02-16

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  16. 2026-02-16

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  17. 2026-02-18

    First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.

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  18. 2026-02-20

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.

  19. 2026-02-24

    Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.

  20. 2026-03-12

    By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19)

    2026-02-16 · pass · 52-45

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: no
    • 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: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: no
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • 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: no
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: no
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: other
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: no
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2637&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

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

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