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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning false identification as a peace officer."
+description: "Concerning false identification as a peace officer."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2165"
+citation: "Washington HB 2165 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Obras"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-12-17"
+last_action: "2026-03-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0df10ee7-3b57-4c08-9433-53828082e6c1"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2165&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "d7872651e5c6a5ba06f8a5e1a91be56e769303ee744e82d70f8ca01ac1f7ed82"
+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 2165 (2025-2026) — Concerning false identification as a peace officer.
+
+## 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/2165.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2165-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2165-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2165-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **56–38** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **66–29** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Obras — primary (person)
+- Berg — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
+- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Mena — cosponsor (person)
+- Nance — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Rule — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
+- Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
+- Street — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Thai — cosponsor (person)
+- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-17** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
+- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-01-22** CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-01-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (CS 26). `substitution`
+- **2026-02-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-23** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 66; nays, 29; 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`
+- **2026-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-19** Chapter 114, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-19** 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/0df10ee7-3b57-4c08-9433-53828082e6c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+