---
type: "Bill"
title: "Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities."
description: "Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2049"
citation: "Washington HB 2049 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-03-24"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e51ad1e7-ecc7-4064-b75b-54f45bcc4a9f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2049&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "bc68c369edf9a64c142529db40f7ca41b2903d551be12ddf0386c8d667f65312"
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 2049 (2025-2026) — Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities.

## 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/2049.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2049-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2049-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2049-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 1362 Caldier Pg 6 Ln 29 (#29) — **46–52** (fail) · lower
- 1357 Couture Pg 10 Ln 7 (#30) — **44–54** (fail) · lower
- 1354 Couture Pg 1 Ln 27 (#27) — **45–53** (fail) · lower
- 1355 Abell Pg 1 Ln 5 (#24) — **45–53** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
- 475 Fortunato Pg 4 Ln 15 (#2) — **19–29** (fail) · upper
- 1352 Rude Pg 1 Ln 27 (#26) — **44–54** (fail) · lower
- 1363 Penner Pg 1 Ln 6 (#28) — **43–55** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **50–48** (pass) · lower
- 1356 Keaton Pg 1 Ln 5 (#25) — **43–55** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergquist — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-24** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-04-18** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-04-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-19** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-04-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-19** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 25). `substitution`
- **2025-04-21** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-21** Held on calendar.
- **2025-04-21** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 404, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** 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/e51ad1e7-ecc7-4064-b75b-54f45bcc4a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).