---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing flexibility in the partnership access line assessment to cover administrative costs."
description: "Providing flexibility in the partnership access line assessment to cover administrative costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2254"
citation: "Washington HB 2254 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Callan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0251eebf-5c21-41b8-a6b6-2a3d54ad3b9f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2254&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "befb878d637c24f4a07fcd0ad16dc8527ca2e49d0f2e1b4c6950539c0aecb00f"
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 2254 (2025-2026) — Providing flexibility in the partnership access line assessment to cover administrative costs.

## 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/2254.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2254.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Callan — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — 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 Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-28** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** 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, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 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`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16** Chapter 58, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-16** 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/0251eebf-5c21-41b8-a6b6-2a3d54ad3b9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).