---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning contracts for materials or work required by joint operating agencies."
description: "Concerning contracts for materials or work required by joint operating agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1461"
citation: "Washington HB 1461 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stearns"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2428289a-d55c-42b7-8829-2e0a6ce9a815"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1461&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "be939eb00972fbc7fa865c7fc75cad58f128a94688d2c19f3c5246cff886f3e8"
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 1461 (2025-2026) — Concerning contracts for materials or work required by joint operating agencies.

## 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/1461.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1461.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1461.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stearns — primary (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-30** ENVI - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Capital Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-20** CB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 62, 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/2428289a-d55c-42b7-8829-2e0a6ce9a815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).