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type: "Bill"
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title: "Eliminating the Washington employee ownership program."
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description: "Eliminating the Washington employee ownership program."
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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 2047"
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citation: "Washington HB 2047 (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: ["Richards"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-03-24"
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last_action: "2025-05-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f90bd0e2-acf1-40af-86df-6825c0e5d78b"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2047&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "5433b7d35ee864d2d527bed9ef7e12ecf67c67a7c8cc2c25e906cafc73c16ee8"
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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 2047 (2025-2026) — Eliminating the Washington employee ownership program.
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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/2047.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2047-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2047-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **25–23** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **58–40** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Richards — primary (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-24** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-04-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-17** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-19** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-25** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-04-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-26** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-26** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2025-04-26** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-19** Chapter 366, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-19** Effective date 7/27/2025. `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/f90bd0e2-acf1-40af-86df-6825c0e5d78b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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