---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implementing K-12 savings and efficiencies."
description: "Implementing K-12 savings and efficiencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2050"
citation: "Washington HB 2050 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ormsby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-24"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95aca509-6a67-4f75-bcf4-b6fe08a97544"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2050&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ff9ad9f4a07cf7e064aa3b864b1e1da5003cf1ff8bc129d829f945f4e1e9a35a"
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 2050 (2025-2026) — Implementing K-12 savings and efficiencies.

## 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/2050.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2050.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **54–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **26–22** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **56–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ormsby — primary (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-24** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-19** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2025-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-26** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-26** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 405, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 1/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95aca509-6a67-4f75-bcf4-b6fe08a97544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).