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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning emergency medical technician recertification."
+description: "Concerning emergency medical technician recertification."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2540"
+citation: "Washington HB 2540 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bronoske"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-16"
+last_action: "2026-03-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6642cf15-ab59-46ea-85ce-933b1d404208"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2540&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "ce4be3a894692a1bdd51923e4b3f770fe55cbc746aa126eeb53bed03b1039563"
+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 2540 (2025-2026) — Concerning emergency medical technician recertification.
+
+## 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/2540.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2540.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bronoske — primary (person)
+- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
+- Engell — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Nance — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-16** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-28** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-03** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `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 11, 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/6642cf15-ab59-46ea-85ce-933b1d404208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+