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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.)"
+description: "Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2179"
+citation: "Washington HB 2179 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-12-22"
+last_action: "2026-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d22b686e-a052-473a-8524-54aeabfc1a8f"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2179&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "e1ddea8168c2194a53774b6eab1e71bf1d7d8c1580d567f628463c0921101b7a"
+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 2179 (2025-2026) — Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.)
+
+## 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/2179.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2179.E.htm)
+3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2179.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abell — primary (person)
+- Abell — cosponsor (person)
+- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
+- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
+- Engell — cosponsor (person)
+- Engell — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-22** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2026-01-22** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** 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, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2026-03-12** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-23** Chapter 133, 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/d22b686e-a052-473a-8524-54aeabfc1a8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+