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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning court rules and procedures."
+description: "Concerning court rules and procedures."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2178"
+citation: "Washington HB 2178 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thai"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-12-19"
+last_action: "2026-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4303cec-5f15-45cc-adc8-df27ef0fa26f"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2178&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "ac52113a2c2e80c821e3779a36aadae996241dc3f6b0cb9ecf20d9663aa02fcb"
+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 2178 (2025-2026) — Concerning court rules and procedures.
+
+## 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/2178.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2178-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2178-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **39–9** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **89–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thai — primary (person)
+- Abell — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-01-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-01-16** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-01-16** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-01-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-29** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 26). `substitution`
+- **2026-01-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-02** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-23** Chapter 151, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-23** 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/a4303cec-5f15-45cc-adc8-df27ef0fa26f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+