---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the designation of historic landmarks by cities."
description: "Concerning the designation of historic landmarks by cities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1576"
citation: "Washington HB 1576 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84956370-65b9-4f6a-bec4-8d5be32fe480"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1576&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "201bd15353bfc5c5727c4e2338c4493d1485e0413ea0a32e3cc8d3284df3fe57"
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 1576 (2025-2026) — Concerning the designation of historic landmarks by cities.

## 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/1576.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1576-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1576-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (LG 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-27** LGV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 241, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** 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/84956370-65b9-4f6a-bec4-8d5be32fe480`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).