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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 2178: Court rules and procedures

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 2178 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on December 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Concerning court rules and procedures. Primary sponsor: My-Linh Thai (D). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 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 court rules and procedures, including aligning statutes with court rules and other statutes, making technical corrections, and updating an implementation date;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
My-Linh ThaiPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse41
Hunter AbellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Mary FosseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Julia ReedCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Kristine ReevesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Cindy RyuCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Tarra SimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Janice ZahnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41

“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 151, 2026 Laws.
  3. Effective date 6/11/2026.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. President signed.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  9. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  11. LAW - Majority; do pass.
  12. Minority; without recommendation.

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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