---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning county clerk fees."
description: "Concerning county clerk fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2543"
citation: "Washington HB 2543 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pollet"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34ffac4f-4fc8-4066-bacd-a3281bcf2d1e"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2543&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "dcf70460148d8b6b3287b6f8b2a73c9b11d16a0845e2e955524079ff18e24742"
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 2543 (2025-2026) — Concerning county clerk fees.

## 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/2543.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2543.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **79–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **33–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pollet — primary (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-28** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** 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, 79; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 3. `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. `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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-11** Chapter 33, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-11** 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/34ffac4f-4fc8-4066-bacd-a3281bcf2d1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).