House Background Summary — ESHB 2274, Commercial Electronic Mail Act (As Passed House, February 16, 2026)

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This is the House Background Summary for ESHB 2274, as passed House on February 16, 2026, titled an act relating to modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act. The sponsor is the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business, originally sponsored by Representatives Springer, McClintock and Bernbaum. The brief history lists committee activity on 1/14/26 and 2/3/26 [DPS] and the bill passing the House on 2/16/26, 86-11. The summary lists those voting yea and nay by name. Persons testifying in support include Representative Larry Springer, prime sponsor, and Crystal Leatherman of the Washington Retail Association; Blythe Chandler of the Washington State Association for Justice testified in opposition.

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                 HOUSE BACKGROUND SUMMARY
                          ESHB 2274
                                      As Passed House:
                                      February 16, 2026

Title: An act relating to modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act.

Brief Description: Modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act.

Sponsors: House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business (originally sponsored by
    Representatives Springer, McClintock and Bernbaum).

Brief History:
     Committee Activity:
         Consumer Protection & Business: 1/14/26, 2/3/26 [DPS].
     Floor Activity:
         Passed House: 2/16/26, 86-11.

Voting Yea: Representatives Abbarno, Abell, Barkis, Barnard, Berg, Bergquist, Bernbaum,
Berry, Bronoske, Burnett, Callan, Chase, Connors, Corry, Cortes, Couture, Davis, Dent, Doglio,
Donaghy, Duerr, Dufault, Dye, Engell, Entenman, Eslick, Farivar, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Goodman,
Graham, Griffey, Hackney, Hall, Hill, Jacobsen, Keaton, Klicker, Leavitt, Lekanoff, Ley, Low,
Manjarrez, Marshall, McClintock, Mendoza, Morgan, Nance, Obras, Orcutt, Parshley, Paul,
Penner, Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Reed, Reeves, Richards, Rude, Rule, Salahuddin, Santos,
Schmick, Schmidt, Shavers, Simmons, Springer, Stearns, Steele, Stokesbary, Stonier, Street,
Stuebe, Taylor, Thai, Thomas, Timmons, Valdez, Volz, Walen, Waters, Wylie, Ybarra, Zahn and
Jinkins

Voting Nay: Representatives Fosse, Gregerson, Kloba, Macri, McEntire, Mena, Ormsby, Ortiz-
Self, Ryu, Scott and Walsh

Absent:

Excused: Representative Tharinger

    Persons Testifying: (In support) Representative Larry Springer, prime sponsor; Crystal
    Leatherman, Washington Retail Association; Marianne Senn Bornhoft, Small Business




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Owner; Meegan Brooks, Benesch Friedlander Coplan and Aronoff LLP; Sean DeWitz,
Washington Hospitality Association; and David Carter, Ecommerce Innovation Alliance.

(Opposed) Blythe Chandler, Washington State Association for Justice.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.




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