---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning aviation assurance funding in response to wildland fires."
description: "Concerning aviation assurance funding in response to wildland fires."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2104"
citation: "Washington HB 2104 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-08"
last_action: "2026-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c4f7fdc-f830-4559-8d40-e8a3f8e0ad4d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2104&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ef3470b8c9d772b1a37a7008feb865d6541bc54e431d022204051c5577c8dca7"
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 2104 (2025-2026) — Concerning aviation assurance funding in response to wildland fires.

## 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/2104.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2104.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dent — primary (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Dye — cosponsor (person)
- Engell — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Keaton — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- McClintock — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Richards — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-03** AGNR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-23** ANR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-20** Chapter 117, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-20** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c4f7fdc-f830-4559-8d40-e8a3f8e0ad4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).