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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office."
+description: "Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2156"
+citation: "Washington HB 2156 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Obras"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-12-16"
+last_action: "2026-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3832162-2e5b-414e-942a-d2ef98e76d6c"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2156&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "159f977f80b0bd54d5fae147a376a9c55a4cb0582e52afe5a36071da1fce0b8f"
+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 2156 (2025-2026) — Concerning the authority of investigators of the attorney general's office.
+
+## 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/2156.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2156.E.htm)
+3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2156.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate on Reconsideration (#9) — **54–41** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **54–33** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Obras — primary (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Obras — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
+- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
+- Thai — cosponsor (person)
+- Thai — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-16** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Community Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-01-22** CS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-22** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 2:00 PM.
+- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 33; absent, 8; excused, 3. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Vote on final passage will be reconsidered.
+- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-30** Chapter 242, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-30** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3832162-2e5b-414e-942a-d2ef98e76d6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+