---
type: "Bill"
title: "Including federally recognized tribes as part of the Washington emergency management division emergency worker program."
description: "Including federally recognized tribes as part of the Washington emergency management division emergency worker program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2135"
citation: "Washington HB 2135 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stearns"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83c7fb64-5bf1-4135-8b22-e355664dec35"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2135&year=2023"
source_hash: "8e1bc838bd3647c327161d646d8158f98db0e7683f5a34df903d9c084fc306b3"
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 2135 (2023-2024) — Including federally recognized tribes as part of the Washington emergency management division emergency worker program.

## 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/2135.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2135.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#41) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stearns — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-17** ICEV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 6:00 PM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **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`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 205, 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/83c7fb64-5bf1-4135-8b22-e355664dec35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).