---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending the state civil service statutes to include Washington technology solutions network and security systems employees."
description: "Amending the state civil service statutes to include Washington technology solutions network and security systems employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2249"
citation: "Washington HB 2249 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salahuddin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ed6fdc1-a490-40ad-abe7-bdf99a787fdf"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2249&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "63324d0af620f0241a3412a3bb2bfd0634aabe4a6d5bf84a8be99cc52db0f31b"
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 2249 (2025-2026) — Amending the state civil service statutes to include Washington technology solutions network and security systems employees.

## 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/2249.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2249.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **85–10** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **40–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salahuddin — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — 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 State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-23** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 8:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 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** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17** Chapter 89, 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/3ed6fdc1-a490-40ad-abe7-bdf99a787fdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).