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| Bill | Concerning court rules and procedures. | Concerning court rules and procedures. | us/states/wa | Washington Legislature | 2025-2026 | HB 2178 | Washington HB 2178 (2025-2026) |
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3 | 26 | 2 | 2025-12-19 | 2026-03-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/a4303cec-5f15-45cc-adc8-df27ef0fa26f | https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2178&Year=2025&Initiative=false | ac52113a2c2e80c821e3779a36aadae996241dc3f6b0cb9ecf20d9663aa02fcb | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Washington HB 2178 (2025-2026) — Concerning court rules and procedures.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — 39–9 (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — 89–8 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Thai — primary (person)
- Abell — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-19 Prefiled for introduction.
filing - 2026-01-12 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
reading-1 - 2026-01-13 Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-01-16 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-01-16 CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution - 2026-01-16 Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable - 2026-01-20 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2 - 2026-01-29 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 26).
substitution - 2026-01-29 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3 - 2026-01-29 Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3 - 2026-02-02 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 - 2026-02-25 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, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 Speaker signed.
passage - 2026-03-11 President signed.
passage - 2026-03-12 Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt - 2026-03-23 Governor signed.
executive-signature - 2026-03-23 Chapter 151, 2026 Laws.
became-law - 2026-03-23 Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a4303cec-5f15-45cc-adc8-df27ef0fa26f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).