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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning the professional engineers' registration act."
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description: "Concerning the professional engineers' registration act."
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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 2229"
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citation: "Washington HB 2229 (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: ["Zahn"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-12-31"
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last_action: "2026-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9dff65b-5434-4ff8-9111-f40883689828"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2229&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "d703447e2f53bf435e2582685cadf3b3d27b6e5e7e9d64cfc1de38e2e8d32f41"
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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 2229 (2025-2026) — Concerning the professional engineers' registration act.
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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/2229.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2229-S.E.htm)
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3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2229-S.htm)
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4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2229-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **37–11** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **68–26** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Zahn — primary (person)
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- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Thai — cosponsor (person)
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- Waters — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-31** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-01-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-01-21** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-01-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-01-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (CPB 26). `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-23** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-23** Chapter 134, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-23** 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/d9dff65b-5434-4ff8-9111-f40883689828`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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