---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a blue envelope program."
description: "Establishing a blue envelope program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2323"
citation: "Washington HB 2323 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eslick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/813a83c1-9a1f-4941-b1d3-189b2b32dc17"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2323&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "1141ee1fe1ee48758bdd45281f110883d1f728b8c93d281c5cdf1f1c5565ec20"
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 2323 (2025-2026) — Establishing a blue envelope program.

## 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/2323.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2323-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2323-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eslick — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-28** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 2:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** TRAN - 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`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-18** Chapter 90, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-18** 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/813a83c1-9a1f-4941-b1d3-189b2b32dc17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).