House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SHB 2047: Eliminating the Washington employee ownership program.
Signed into law: Chapter 366, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Richards
- Introduced
- March 24, 2025
- Status
- C 366 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 19, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Eliminates the Washington Employee Ownership Program administered by the Department of Commerce, which supports efforts of businesses considering a sale to an employee ownership structure.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 17, 202557 yea · 39 nay · 2 not voting
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 26, 202558 yea · 40 nay
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 26, 202525 yea · 23 nay
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