---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning language accessible public programs, activities, and services conducted, operated, or administered by state agencies."
description: "Concerning language accessible public programs, activities, and services conducted, operated, or administered by state agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2475"
citation: "Washington HB 2475 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ef6d8ae-69b3-434c-8a31-c27df67a004a"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2475&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "95cf7c0a19f77417de77558469b04e10b85343f5650d75660dd4bbf05dd60164"
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 2475 (2025-2026) — Concerning language accessible public programs, activities, and services conducted, operated, or administered by state agencies.

## 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/2475.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2475-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2475-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **30–17** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **62–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** 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.
- **2026-02-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-04** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by State Government & Tribal Relations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGOV 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 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** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **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; 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, 30; nays, 17; absent, 1; 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 142, 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/4ef6d8ae-69b3-434c-8a31-c27df67a004a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).