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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning electronic notarial acts."
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description: "Concerning electronic notarial acts."
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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 2158"
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citation: "Washington HB 2158 (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: ["Abell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-12-16"
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last_action: "2026-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a561c95-3b20-45a7-ba3d-e985776c6222"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2158&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "7d64e48e30dd53d41cb077652344c38e0b3cfb50cf4c149c57068a08a58b7a72"
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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 2158 (2025-2026) — Concerning electronic notarial acts.
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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/2158.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2158-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/2158-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Abell — primary (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-16** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-01-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-01-16** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-01-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-29** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 26). `substitution`
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- **2026-01-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-01-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-02** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-23** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-11** Chapter 21, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-11** Effective date 1/1/2027. `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/2a561c95-3b20-45a7-ba3d-e985776c6222`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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