---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning volunteer firefighter participation in the state deferred compensation program."
description: "Concerning volunteer firefighter participation in the state deferred compensation program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1156"
citation: "Washington HB 1156 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-03"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8559acab-895b-474e-8307-9d195bf67725"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1156&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "efaa6a7c4882b46438e06225e07bea37db7c7652d7e9b3d242619eb2a5db6198"
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 1156 (2025-2026) — Concerning volunteer firefighter participation in the state deferred compensation 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1156.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1156.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-01-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-01-27** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-24** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-16** Chapter 52, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-16** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8559acab-895b-474e-8307-9d195bf67725`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).