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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy."
+description: "Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2508"
+citation: "Washington HB 2508 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Entenman"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-15"
+last_action: "2026-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a325c7d-2da1-4736-82c9-75e348b8534b"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2508&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "0af13ef2e2e1ec5554fd5948ec83c060094a5b08c158a1ae3bafa7f07c61ddd6"
+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 2508 (2025-2026) — Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy.
+
+## 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/2508.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2508-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2508-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2508-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **44–4** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **90–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Entenman — primary (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Burnett — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Mena — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
+- Street — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-15** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
+- **2026-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-02** CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (CS 26). `substitution`
+- **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, 90; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-23** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-26** TRAN - Majority; without recommendation.
+- **2026-02-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-06** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-24** Chapter 174, 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/8a325c7d-2da1-4736-82c9-75e348b8534b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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