---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying bonding requirements in the design portion of design-build public works projects."
description: "Modifying bonding requirements in the design portion of design-build public works projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1967"
citation: "Washington HB 1967 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zahn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7237aa80-a1ed-4668-9183-78b6793f5f92"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1967&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "33e6af974b6b075b88cd6201cc03e6419afd3c7c618506a865ebed8f8d773f48"
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 1967 (2025-2026) — Modifying bonding requirements in the design portion of design-build public works projects.

## 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/1967.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1967-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1967-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zahn — primary (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** First reading, referred to Capital Budget. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-26** CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (CB 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 103, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** 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/7237aa80-a1ed-4668-9183-78b6793f5f92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).