---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning corporate filings and other documents processed by the secretary of state's corporations and charities division."
description: "Concerning corporate filings and other documents processed by the secretary of state's corporations and charities division."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2248"
citation: "Washington HB 2248 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salahuddin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72f6bf22-5925-4073-a075-60bf092f2f1c"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2248&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "5ba4600ac9c75ee255dddd6ea370c233b3cf7ff96601ffe628d41dded77be9db"
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 2248 (2025-2026) — Concerning corporate filings and other documents processed by the secretary of state's corporations and charities division.

## 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/2248.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2248-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2248-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2248-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salahuddin — primary (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-23** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-27** 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; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17** Chapter 80, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-17** 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/72f6bf22-5925-4073-a075-60bf092f2f1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).