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Votes at a glance: multiple House bills pass on the floor session
Summary
Several bills were passed during the session, including measures on salmon statute repeal (HB2554), cannabis cooperative rights (HB1941), inmate commissary indigency limits (HB2539), collective-bargaining trigger (HB2471), school restraint/isolation (HB1795) and a Paid Family & Medical Leave technical fix (HB2345). Vote tallies and next steps are summarized.
The Washington state House recorded final actions on multiple bills during the floor session. Below are the primary votes and outcomes recorded on the House floor.
- House Bill 2554 (repeal/clarification related to salmon/tribal language): Declared passed by voice/roll-call; Clerk recorded 64 yays, 28 nays, 6 excused.
- House Bill 19 41 (allowing licensed cannabis producers to form cooperatives with amendments including a 30% cap): Final roll call 66 yays, 27 nays, 5 excused; declared passed.
- Substitute House Bill 25 39 (raising indigency commissary threshold for inmates): Final roll call 57 yays, 36 nays, 5 excused; declared passed.
- Substitute House Bill 24 71 (collective bargaining trigger law): Final roll call 58 yays, 35 nays, 5 excused; declared passed.
- Engrossed Substitute House Bill 17 95 (restraint/isolation reforms): Passed on reconsideration, final roll call 57 yays, 37 nays, 4 excused; declared passed on reconsideration.
- Second Substitute House Bill 23 45 (paid family & medical leave technical fix to avoid IRS liability): Final roll call 94 yays, 0 nays, 4 excused; declared passed.
Many of these bills passed with amendments debated on the floor. For bills that advanced with committee substitutions or engrossed/amended text, administrative next steps include enrollment, transmission to the Senate (or to the Governor, as appropriate), and follow-up rulemaking or implementation by relevant agencies.
The House recessed for caucus at 1:30 p.m. following the session.
