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| Bill | Providing Washingtonians and their loved ones with location choices for interment of remains. | Providing Washingtonians and their loved ones with location choices for interment of remains. | us/states/wa | Washington Legislature | 2025-2026 | HB 2239 | Washington HB 2239 (2025-2026) |
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Washington HB 2239 (2025-2026) — Providing Washingtonians and their loved ones with location choices for interment of remains.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#37) — 46–2 (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Abell — primary (person)
- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
- Burnett — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Engell — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-02 Prefiled for introduction.
filing - 2026-01-12 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
reading-1 - 2026-01-23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-02-03 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-02-03 CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution - 2026-02-04 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee - 2026-02-11 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 26).
substitution - 2026-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3 - 2026-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3 - 2026-02-16 First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1 - 2026-02-19 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-02-23 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-02-23 LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-24 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2026-02-27 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2 - 2026-03-06 Committee amendment not adopted.
amendment-failure - 2026-03-06 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- 2026-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3 - 2026-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3 - 2026-03-12 House concurred in Senate amendments.
- 2026-03-12 Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
passage - 2026-03-12 Speaker signed.
passage - 2026-03-12 President signed.
passage - 2026-03-12 Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt - 2026-03-24 Governor signed.
executive-signature - 2026-03-24 Chapter 173, 2026 Laws.
became-law - 2026-03-24 Effective date 6/11/2026*.
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4f11571-27ad-4322-846e-3f8daf1b38b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).