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House advances and passes multiple third-reading bills on housing, privacy, technical fixes and ceremonies
Summary
During a floor session the House advanced or passed a broad package of third-reading bills, including measures on Medicaid reimbursement timing, clerk fees, AI/privacy office modernization, military victim rights, distributed energy devices, derelict-vessel removal, nursing title protections, and a ceremonial Seahawks resolution; most bills passed by recorded votes as noted on the floor.
The Washington State House on Friday moved a large set of third-reading bills to final passage or advanced them for final action. Among measures acted on were technical fixes, policy changes and ceremonial resolutions; nearly all were declared passed with recorded roll-call tallies.
Key floor outcomes included: HB 26-24 (property/corporation clarification) passed 57-38 with 3 excused; HB 23-85 (Medicaid timing) passed 57-38 with 3 excused; HB 17-17 (affordable housing sales-tax remittance) passed unanimously 95-0 with 3 excused; HB 2,151 (factory-built housing standards) passed 95-0; HB 21-55 (nursing title protections) passed 87-8; HB 21-11 (IBR toll accounting) passed 95-0; HB 25-43 (clerks’ fees modernization) passed 79-16; HB 26-06 (Office of Privacy and Data Protection modernization incl. AI duties) passed 89-6; HB 24-17 (military victim rights alignment) passed 95-0; HB 23-17 (early learning adjustments) passed 94-0; HB 24-36 (pilot/Salish Sea technical fix) passed 94-0; HB 22-96 (distributed energy device rules) passed 56-38; HB 21-99 (derelict vessels) passed 95-0; and HB 17-59 (ceremonial Seahawks/Twelves day) passed 93-2.
Floor sponsors used brief remarks to explain the purpose of each bill; several measures were technical or agency-request bills described as tools to reduce costs or clarify existing law. Where members expressed objection, the transcript records those concerns (for example, federal preemption and reimbursement concerns on public-safety or Medicaid items). The House recessed for caucus at the end of the session.
Next steps: Each bill declared passed will proceed to enrollment and transmission per legislative process; specific implementation steps depend on agency rulemaking or appropriations where noted in committee records.
