---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving efficiency in appeals to the pollution control hearings board."
description: "Improving efficiency in appeals to the pollution control hearings board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2426"
citation: "Washington HB 2426 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernbaum"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d15dc967-fd76-4586-a034-68851efe36a9"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2426&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "bcd32286b35158a4ce3872d150c37c66e358976ef361ee6468a948c69cf0a61e"
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 2426 (2025-2026) — Improving efficiency in appeals to the pollution control hearings board.

## 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/2426.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2426.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernbaum — primary (person)
- McEntire — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-29** ENVI - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-20** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-18** Chapter 98, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-18** 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/d15dc967-fd76-4586-a034-68851efe36a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).