WA HB 1980

enacted

Allowing certain private employer transportation services to use certain public transportation facilities.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1980 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1980 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-17. Latest recorded action (2026-03-17): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA HB 1980 about?

WA HB 1980 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Allowing certain private employer transportation services to use certain public transportation facilities.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1980?

Zahn is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1980, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-17 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-14
First reading, referred to Transportation.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-24
Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-27
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:00 PM.
2025-02-27
TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-28
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-04
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-05
1st substitute bill substituted (TR 25).
substitution
2025-03-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-03-07
First reading, referred to Transportation.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-20
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2025-04-08
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-27
By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2026-01-13
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
reading-3
2026-01-15
Returned to second reading for amendment.
2026-01-15
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-01-15
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-01-15
Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-01-19
First reading, referred to Transportation.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-03
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2026-02-27
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 2:30 PM.
2026-02-27
TRAN - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-27
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-03-02
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-03-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-03-06
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-06
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-03-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-11
President signed.
passage
2026-03-12
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-17
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-17
Chapter 81, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-17
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law

Versions

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14)
2025-03-05 · pass · 97-0
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: yes
- 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: yes
- 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 (#6)
2026-01-15 · pass · 97-0
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: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- 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: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26)
2026-03-06 · pass · 48-0
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
- Hunt: 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
- 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.: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1980&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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