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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy."
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description: "Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy."
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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 2508"
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citation: "Washington HB 2508 (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: ["Entenman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-15"
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last_action: "2026-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a325c7d-2da1-4736-82c9-75e348b8534b"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2508&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "0af13ef2e2e1ec5554fd5948ec83c060094a5b08c158a1ae3bafa7f07c61ddd6"
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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 2508 (2025-2026) — Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy.
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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/2508.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2508-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/2508-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/2508-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **44–4** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **90–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Entenman — primary (person)
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- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
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- Burnett — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Mena — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
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- Street — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-15** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
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- **2026-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-02** CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (CS 26). `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-24** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-24** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-24** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-26** TRAN - Majority; without recommendation.
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- **2026-02-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
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- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-24** Chapter 174, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-24** 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/8a325c7d-2da1-4736-82c9-75e348b8534b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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