republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1549.md

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Bill	Modifying the responsible bidder criteria for public works projects.	Modifying the responsible bidder criteria for public works projects.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1549	Washington HB 1549 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Fosse	5	34	2	2025-01-23	2025-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/a03d3688-af80-4892-8c4f-d4aabad43aab	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1549&Year=2025&Initiative=false	178a86654bff0cca0a8f73721f3cb651c74ebde6b2f5d18ce95a5c2a06bbd78c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1549 (2025-2026) — Modifying the responsible bidder criteria for public works projects.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fosse — primary (person)
• Berry — cosponsor (person)
• Callan — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Obras — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Parshley — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
• Scott — cosponsor (person)
• Stearns — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-23 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. reading-1
• 2025-02-04 Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-14 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-14 LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Capital Budget. referral-committee
• 2025-02-25 Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.
• 2025-02-26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.
• 2025-02-26 CB - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-27 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2025-02-27 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2025-02-28 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2025-02-28 APP - Majority; do pass 2nd substitute bill proposed by Capital Budget. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-28 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-03-04 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-10 2nd substitute bill substituted (CB 25). substitution
• 2025-03-10 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-10 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-10 Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2025-03-12 First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. reading-1
• 2025-03-25 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-03-28 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-03-28 SGTE - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-28 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-03-29 On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-04-02 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-04-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-10 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-11 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-16 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-04-16 Chapter 63, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-04-16 Effective date 7/1/2026. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a03d3688-af80-4892-8c4f-d4aabad43aab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).