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
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Quick answers
Did WA HB 1439 pass?
Yes. WA HB 1439 has been enacted into law. 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
- —
Sponsors
- Bernbaumprimary
- Tharingercosponsor
- Reedcosponsor
- Donaghycosponsor
- Abellcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-04-07
Effective date 10/1/2025*.
became-law
2025-04-07
Chapter 23, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-07
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-02
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-03-31
President signed.
passage
2025-03-31
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-03-26
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-03-26
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-21
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-03-19
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-17
TRAN - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-17
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2025-03-07
First reading, referred to Transportation.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-03-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-04
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-04
1st substitute bill substituted (TR 25).
substitution
2025-02-28
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-02-12
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-02-06
TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-06
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2025-01-30
Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2025-01-21
First reading, referred to Transportation.
reading-1,referral-committee
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
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