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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning scissor stair regulations in the state building code."
+description: "Concerning scissor stair regulations in the state building code."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2228"
+citation: "Washington HB 2228 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Zahn"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-12-31"
+last_action: "2026-03-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00fbea2e-d684-45c8-84a4-4c02a92593a3"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2228&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "c8f24af5cd7aedd34c5a32c059810485ddac90dcca3c1f824966f596d5de5a08"
+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 2228 (2025-2026) — Concerning scissor stair regulations in the state building code.
+
+## 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/2228.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2228-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2228-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Zahn — primary (person)
+- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
+- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-31** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-01-23** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **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`
+- **2026-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (LG 26). `substitution`
+- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-18** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-02-28** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-09** Chapter 4, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-09** 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/00fbea2e-d684-45c8-84a4-4c02a92593a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+