WA HB 1439
enactedModifying motor vehicle and driver licensing laws to align with federal definitions, making technical corrections, and streamlining requirements.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WA HB 1439 pass?
Yes. WA HB 1439 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-07. Latest recorded action (2025-04-07): Effective date 10/1/2025*.
What is WA HB 1439 about?
WA HB 1439 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Modifying motor vehicle and driver licensing laws to align with federal definitions, making technical corrections, and streamlining requirements.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 1439?
Bernbaum is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1439, joined by 4 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-04-07 — Effective date 10/1/2025*.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Bernbaumprimary
- Tharingercosponsor
- Reedcosponsor
- Donaghycosponsor
- Abellcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-21
First reading, referred to Transportation.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-30
Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-06
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-06
TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-12
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-02-28
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-04
1st substitute bill substituted (TR 25).
substitution
2025-03-04
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-03-07
First reading, referred to Transportation.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-17
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2025-03-17
TRAN - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-19
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-21
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-03-26
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-26
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-03-31
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-03-31
President signed.
passage
2025-04-02
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-07
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-07
Chapter 23, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-07
Effective date 10/1/2025*.
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30)
2025-03-04 · pass · 95-0
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: other
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: other
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25)
2025-03-26 · pass · 49-0
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: yes
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: yes
- McCune: yes
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: yes
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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