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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 1796: School construction debt

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1796 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction. Primary sponsor: Lisa Callan (D). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 24, 2026): Governor signed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lisa CallanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse5
April BergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Natasha HillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Timm OrmsbyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Lisa ParshleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Alex RamelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Julia ReedCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Sharon Tomiko SantosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37
Sharon WylieCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor signed.
  2. Chapter 170, 2026 Laws.
  3. Effective date 6/11/2026.
  4. Speaker signed.
  5. Delivered to Governor.
  6. President signed.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. House concurred in Senate amendments.
  9. Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  10. Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
  11. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  12. Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1.

Showing 12 most recent of 44 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page