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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Ending probates for profit."
+description: "Ending probates for profit."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2445"
+citation: "Washington HB 2445 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richards"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-13"
+last_action: "2026-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f0cd556-63e4-462a-903e-ce3aa431a72e"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2445&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "b8c621cb285a37906a671878264ac59cf5db5523f527594ce14dd0336f0592f1"
+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 2445 (2025-2026) — Ending probates for profit.
+
+## 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/2445.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2445.E.htm)
+3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2445.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **66–29** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **67–28** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richards — primary (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Richards — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-13** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-01-30** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-30** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-03** 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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** 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; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 66; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-24** Chapter 204, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-24** 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/0f0cd556-63e4-462a-903e-ce3aa431a72e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+