---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating terminology related to ski areas and winter sports activities."
description: "Updating terminology related to ski areas and winter sports activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2272"
citation: "Washington HB 2272 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e1ee092-e472-492b-a6be-1a7e3f516907"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2272&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8e498ea0eaff3019952175a43f1a8993274d41d3b649895ec6ae0acbf0c66761"
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 2272 (2025-2026) — Updating terminology related to ski areas and winter sports activities.

## 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/2272.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2272.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-22** ENVI - 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, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-23** LGV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-11** Chapter 23, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-11** 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/5e1ee092-e472-492b-a6be-1a7e3f516907`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).