ESHB 1258: Providing funding for municipalities participating in the regional 911 emergency communications system.
Signed into law: Chapter 280, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Ormsby
- Introduced
- January 13, 2025
- Status
- C 280 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 15, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires certain counties operating regional 911 emergency communications systems that collect an excise tax on phone lines to transfer a portion of the excise tax revenue to local governments operating municipal 911 emergency communications systems, if the county transfers emergency calls to the local government for dispatch.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 11, 202556 yea · 39 nay · 3 not voting
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 19, 202557 yea · 38 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 9, 202528 yea · 21 nay
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