---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion."
description: "Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2325"
citation: "Washington HB 2325 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8bf06ad-83ff-4dd0-9e51-1e6fc6f010fd"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2325&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8cc2c1b60883f1de4ff095478bbc6904f859145baa7c4c81790dfd55132c6671"
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 2325 (2025-2026) — Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion.

## 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/2325.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2325-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2325-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2325-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2325-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **84–5** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **91–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-28** TEDV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-09** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **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`
- **2026-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** 2nd substitute bill substituted (FIN 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-23** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 84; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 9. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 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`
- **2026-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 91; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-26** Chapter 229, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-26** 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/c8bf06ad-83ff-4dd0-9e51-1e6fc6f010fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).