republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-2049.md

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Bill	Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities.	Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 2049	Washington HB 2049 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bergquist	4	28	10	2025-03-24	2025-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/e51ad1e7-ecc7-4064-b75b-54f45bcc4a9f	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2049&Year=2025&Initiative=false	bc68c369edf9a64c142529db40f7ca41b2903d551be12ddf0386c8d667f65312	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2049 (2025-2026) — Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• 1362 Caldier Pg 6 Ln 29 (#29) — 46–52 (fail) · lower
• 1357 Couture Pg 10 Ln 7 (#30) — 44–54 (fail) · lower
• 1354 Couture Pg 1 Ln 27 (#27) — 45–53 (fail) · lower
• 1355 Abell Pg 1 Ln 5 (#24) — 45–53 (fail) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — 28–20 (pass) · upper
• 475 Fortunato Pg 4 Ln 15 (#2) — 19–29 (fail) · upper
• 1352 Rude Pg 1 Ln 27 (#26) — 44–54 (fail) · lower
• 1363 Penner Pg 1 Ln 6 (#28) — 43–55 (fail) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 50–48 (pass) · lower
• 1356 Keaton Pg 1 Ln 5 (#25) — 43–55 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Bergquist — primary (person)
• Berry — cosponsor (person)
• Callan — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Farivar — cosponsor (person)
• Fosse — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Parshley — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Ramel — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Ryu — cosponsor (person)
• Santos — cosponsor (person)
• Street — cosponsor (person)
• Wylie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-24 First reading, referred to Finance. reading-1
• 2025-04-03 Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-04-18 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-04-19 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 9:00 AM.
• 2025-04-19 FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-04-19 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-19 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-19 Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-21 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 25). substitution
• 2025-04-21 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-04-21 Held on calendar.
• 2025-04-21 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-04-22 Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-04-22 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2025-04-23 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-25 WM - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-25 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-25 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-04-25 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-04-26 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-26 Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-04-26 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-26 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-27 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-20 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-05-20 Chapter 404, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-20 Effective date 7/27/2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e51ad1e7-ecc7-4064-b75b-54f45bcc4a9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).