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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Including federally recognized tribes as part of the Washington emergency management division emergency worker program."
+description: "Including federally recognized tribes as part of the Washington emergency management division emergency worker program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2135"
+citation: "Washington HB 2135 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stearns"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-04"
+last_action: "2024-03-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83c7fb64-5bf1-4135-8b22-e355664dec35"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2135&year=2023"
+source_hash: "8e1bc838bd3647c327161d646d8158f98db0e7683f5a34df903d9c084fc306b3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 2135 (2023-2024) — Including federally recognized tribes as part of the Washington emergency management division emergency worker program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2135.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2135.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#41) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stearns — primary (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Street — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-01-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-01-17** ICEV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 6:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-20** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-26** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-19** Chapter 205, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-19** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83c7fb64-5bf1-4135-8b22-e355664dec35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+