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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the recovery of the aged, blind, or disabled assistance program."
+description: "Concerning the recovery of the aged, blind, or disabled assistance program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2040"
+citation: "Washington HB 2040 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-03-19"
+last_action: "2025-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/664671d8-c2d8-4213-a24a-f8104ee9cdf1"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2040&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "b33a76fc6201024ab217311c310cc6b9b77779065094641ab48d98ae9cd8f0f4"
+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 2040 (2025-2026) — Concerning the recovery of the aged, blind, or disabled assistance 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2040.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2040.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **25–22** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#9) — **56–39** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Macri — primary (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-19** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-17** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
+- **2025-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-18** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-25** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-20** Chapter 403, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-20** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/664671d8-c2d8-4213-a24a-f8104ee9cdf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+