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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Waiving health benefit premiums in the public employees' benefits board."
+description: "Waiving health benefit premiums in the public employees' benefits board."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2481"
+citation: "Washington HB 2481 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Volz"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-25"
+last_action: "2024-03-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b5447ff-c231-4cd7-8e83-fe33e8c430d6"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2481&year=2023"
+source_hash: "4863a897f5b0253b09ddc7f1c30f5d7239e43323900da92fff4d902cbd857714"
+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 2481 (2023-2024) — Waiving health benefit premiums in the public employees' benefits board.
+
+## 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/2481.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2481.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Volz — primary (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-25** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-02** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-15** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-23** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **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`
+- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-19** Chapter 185, 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/3b5447ff-c231-4cd7-8e83-fe33e8c430d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+