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type: "Bill"
title: "Improving public safety funding by providing resources to local governments and state and local criminal justice agencies, and authorizing a local option tax."
description: "Improving public safety funding by providing resources to local governments and state and local criminal justice agencies, and authorizing a local option tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2015"
citation: "Washington HB 2015 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Entenman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe388137-d6d3-4d06-af7d-7c09295fff09"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2015&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "980652495596446d4e013613fcb81a6f1c382014ae58c5770311b65242a46497"
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 2015 (2025-2026) — Improving public safety funding by providing resources to local governments and state and local criminal justice agencies, and authorizing a local option tax.
## 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/2015.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2015-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2015-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2015-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 558 Abell Pg 3 Ln 37 (#12) — **43–53** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#29) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 547 Couture Pg 4 Ln 17 (#13) — **41–55** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **55–42** (pass) · lower
- 517 Orcutt Pg 3 Ln 28 (#11) — **43–53** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Entenman — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-21** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-25** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-26** 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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-01** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-01** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-01** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 55; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Chapter 350, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-19** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe388137-d6d3-4d06-af7d-7c09295fff09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).