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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing the governor to enter into compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes principally located within Washington state for the issuance of tribal license plates and vehicle registration."
+description: "Authorizing the governor to enter into compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes principally located within Washington state for the issuance of tribal license plates and vehicle registration."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 2491"
+citation: "Washington HB 2491 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["INDIANS", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-15"
+last_action: "2020-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1400acb-1612-4166-ac14-853c7efac38f"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2491&year=2019"
+source_hash: "d47d3f649ff6db03b6eb8c41e3c9baa686fae24c54ff5eb5b6804be2a81a4dcd"
+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 2491 (2019-2020) — Authorizing the governor to enter into compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes principally located within Washington state for the issuance of tribal license plates and vehicle registration.
+
+## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2491.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **94–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ramos — primary (person)
+- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-10** TR - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-02** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-25** Chapter 118, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-24T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
+- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-06T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1400acb-1612-4166-ac14-853c7efac38f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+