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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 2488: Rural hospital payments

In committee 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 2488 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on January 14, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Making payments for services provided by a rural emergency hospital subject to appropriation. Primary sponsor: Joe Schmick (R). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 14, 2026): First reading, referred to Appropriations.

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 making payments for services provided by a rural emergency hospital subject to appropriation;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe SchmickPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Mary DyeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Andrew EngellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Nicole MacriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43

“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. First reading, referred to Appropriations.

Sources

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