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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating uniformity in driver training education provided by school districts and commercial driver training schools."
+description: "Creating uniformity in driver training education provided by school districts and commercial driver training schools."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1481"
+citation: "Washington HB 1481 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION", "LICENSING", "DEPARTMENT", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-01-20"
+last_action: "2017-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e57069c3-b120-4fd9-a34d-cd1d3d422109"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1481&year=2017"
+source_hash: "6f2014727ffe42189924a72023814bb71a96b4495851e1ac00c8d27e407aa577"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1481 (2017-2018) — Creating uniformity in driver training education provided by school districts and commercial driver training schools.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1481.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1481-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1481-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#30) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **43–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-20** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-20** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-29** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-03-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
+- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-20** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-05** Chapter 197, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-05-05** Effective date 8/1/2018*. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e57069c3-b120-4fd9-a34d-cd1d3d422109`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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