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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction."
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description: "Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 1796"
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citation: "Washington HB 1796 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Callan"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-03"
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last_action: "2026-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f5833ca-31a9-41d4-9cdf-9e18612008e5"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1796&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "6057628133e03d8dd64d1e1768d12958deb25f12565b214a6bad79e7a636fd70"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 1796 (2025-2026) — Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1796.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1796.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **78–19** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **85–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Callan — primary (person)
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- Berg — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Santos — cosponsor (person)
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- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-03** First reading, referred to Capital Budget. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-20** CB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-04-27** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
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- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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- **2026-01-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-01-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-01-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2026-01-16** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-24** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
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- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-24** Chapter 170, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-24** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f5833ca-31a9-41d4-9cdf-9e18612008e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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