---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning false identification as a peace officer."
description: "Concerning false identification as a peace officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2165"
citation: "Washington HB 2165 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obras"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-17"
last_action: "2026-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0df10ee7-3b57-4c08-9433-53828082e6c1"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2165&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "d7872651e5c6a5ba06f8a5e1a91be56e769303ee744e82d70f8ca01ac1f7ed82"
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 2165 (2025-2026) — Concerning false identification as a peace officer.

## 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/2165.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2165-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2165-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2165-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **56–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **66–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Obras — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-22** CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (CS 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-23** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 66; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-19** Chapter 114, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-19** 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/0df10ee7-3b57-4c08-9433-53828082e6c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).