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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ending probates for profit."
description: "Ending probates for profit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2445"
citation: "Washington HB 2445 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f0cd556-63e4-462a-903e-ce3aa431a72e"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2445&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "b8c621cb285a37906a671878264ac59cf5db5523f527594ce14dd0336f0592f1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington HB 2445 (2025-2026) — Ending probates for profit.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2445.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2445.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2445.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **66–29** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **67–28** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Richards — primary (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Richards — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-30** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-05** 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, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 66; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** 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 204, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f0cd556-63e4-462a-903e-ce3aa431a72e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).