---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy."
description: "Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2508"
citation: "Washington HB 2508 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Entenman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a325c7d-2da1-4736-82c9-75e348b8534b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2508&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0af13ef2e2e1ec5554fd5948ec83c060094a5b08c158a1ae3bafa7f07c61ddd6"
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 2508 (2025-2026) — Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy.

## 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/2508.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2508-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2508-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2508-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **90–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Entenman — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Burnett — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-02** CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (CS 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-26** TRAN - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2026-02-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 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`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 174, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** 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/8a325c7d-2da1-4736-82c9-75e348b8534b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).