---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing funding for municipalities participating in the regional 911 emergency communications system."
description: "Providing funding for municipalities participating in the regional 911 emergency communications system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1258"
citation: "Washington HB 1258 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ormsby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/658976a0-90e7-4d40-80c2-aeb81c6cadea"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1258&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7d5a9255b435420cef4fd87ce43ad6a6c05a1311e12428dab5266ffa14c075d0"
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 1258 (2025-2026) — Providing funding for municipalities participating in the regional 911 emergency communications system.

## 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/1258.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1258-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1258-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1258-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **56–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **57–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ormsby — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-25** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-27** 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** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** 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`
- **2025-04-09** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Chapter 280, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-15** 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/658976a0-90e7-4d40-80c2-aeb81c6cadea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).