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WA HB 2692

died on adjournment

Modifying the standard by which courts, law enforcement, and hospitals may remove children based on child abuse or neglect.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 2692 pass?

No. WA HB 2692 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 (2026-01-28): First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services.

What is WA HB 2692 about?

WA HB 2692 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Modifying the standard by which courts, law enforcement, and hospitals may remove children based on child abuse or neglect.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 2692?

Rule is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2692, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-28 — First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Ruleprimary
  • Eslickcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-28

    First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Motion to Relieve Committee and place on second reading calendar (#33)

    2026-02-16 · fail · 39-57

    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: no
    • 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=2692&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

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

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