---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waiving health benefit premiums in the public employees' benefits board."
description: "Waiving health benefit premiums in the public employees' benefits board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2481"
citation: "Washington HB 2481 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Volz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b5447ff-c231-4cd7-8e83-fe33e8c430d6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2481&year=2023"
source_hash: "4863a897f5b0253b09ddc7f1c30f5d7239e43323900da92fff4d902cbd857714"
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 2481 (2023-2024) — Waiving health benefit premiums in the public employees' benefits board.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2481.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2481.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Volz — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-25** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-02** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-23** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 185, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b5447ff-c231-4cd7-8e83-fe33e8c430d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).