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WA HB 1046

enacted

Protecting the vulnerable by providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle arising from the rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1046 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1046 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-30. Latest recorded action (2025-04-30): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1046 about?

WA HB 1046 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Protecting the vulnerable by providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle arising from the rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1046?

Leavitt is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1046, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-04-30 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Leavittprimary
  • Bergcosponsor
  • Nancecosponsor
  • Polletcosponsor
  • Petersoncosponsor
  • Bronoskecosponsor
  • Fossecosponsor
  • Fitzgibboncosponsor
  • Walencosponsor
  • Ryucosponsor
  • Lowcosponsor
  • Callancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-11

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-17

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.

  4. 2025-01-22

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.

  5. 2025-01-22

    CRJ - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2025-01-22

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  7. 2025-01-23

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-01-28

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  9. 2025-01-30

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-01-30

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-01-31

    First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  12. 2025-03-13

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  13. 2025-03-20

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  14. 2025-03-20

    LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-03-20

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  16. 2025-03-20

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  17. 2025-03-24

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  18. 2025-04-07

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  19. 2025-04-14

    Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

  20. 2025-04-14

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  21. 2025-04-14

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  22. 2025-04-17

    House concurred in Senate amendments.

  23. 2025-04-17

    Passed final passage; yeas, 60; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    passage

  24. 2025-04-18

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  25. 2025-04-19

    President signed.

    passage

  26. 2025-04-22

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  27. 2025-04-30

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  28. 2025-04-30

    Chapter 183, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  29. 2025-04-30

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)

    2025-01-30 · pass · 61-35

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: other
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: other
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13)

    2025-04-14 · pass · 36-12

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: other
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

  • Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 60-36

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: other
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: other
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1046&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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