---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act."
description: "Modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2274"
citation: "Washington HB 2274 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Springer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d43c4a7e-5f9d-4fdb-80d9-e12b77e31a41"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2274&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7c194ac8f1e3b755292fa31bd077fced1d8cf4183ffb5a1fb2bc87e785efb9f8"
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 2274 (2025-2026) — Modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act.

## 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/2274.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2274-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2274-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2274-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **43–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Springer — primary (person)
- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
- McClintock — 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 Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-27** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-03** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (CPB 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Business, Trade & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-25** BTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; 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`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 135, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** 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/d43c4a7e-5f9d-4fdb-80d9-e12b77e31a41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).