---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning public facilities districts."
description: "Concerning public facilities districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1109"
citation: "Washington HB 1109 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryu"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-20"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77ffb6b8-7bed-4295-ab46-cecabc7c136b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1109&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "79fdd5b7a0d22ac82f1377c7ec6e1bdff4fa4a533f69f053606babf9ef022b0d"
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 1109 (2025-2026) — Concerning public facilities districts.

## 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/1109.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1109.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **90–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **43–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ryu — primary (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-06** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-06** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 90; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 302, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77ffb6b8-7bed-4295-ab46-cecabc7c136b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).