WA People
BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 1856: Transparency ombuds study

Commissioning a study on establishing an office of transparency ombuds.

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedApr 14, 2023
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Peter Abbarno (R-20)
Introduced
April 14, 2023 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2024

AN ACT Relating to enhancing access to public records through studying the efficacy of establishing the Washington office of transparency ombuds as an independent state agency;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Peter Abbarno (R-20)

23 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 23 Republicans)

Mike Volz R-6Joe Schmick R-9Eric Robertson R-31Jim Walsh R-19Jenny Graham R-6Leonard Christian R-4Carolyn Eslick R-39Sam Low R-39Greg Cheney R-18Dan Griffey R-35Travis Couture R-35Chris Corry R-14Suzanne Schmidt R-4Skyler Rude R-16Bryan Sandlin R-15Keith Goehner R-12Mike Steele R-12Paul Harris R-17Kevin Waters R-17Ed Orcutt R-20Alex Ybarra R-13Mark Klicker R-16Mary Dye R-9

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.

HB 1856 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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