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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning county ferry district authority."
description: "Concerning county ferry district authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2588"
citation: "Washington HB 2588 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3792a6a-f26d-4f43-8b6b-f3e2720adc3e"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2588&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7ce238e61dc323f4c9881517c3f200121758e786940de4e518b854b23b986682"
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 2588 (2025-2026) — Concerning county ferry district authority.
## 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/2588.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2588.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2588.PL.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **56–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **73–19** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **30–17** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Timmons — primary (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-20** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-03** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-09** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 2:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 17; absent, 1; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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 187, 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/c3792a6a-f26d-4f43-8b6b-f3e2720adc3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).