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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the authority of cargo and passenger ports."
+description: "Concerning the authority of cargo and passenger ports."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1257"
+citation: "Washington HB 1257 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hackney"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-12"
+last_action: "2023-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac0cfaaa-b564-4cd4-9e8a-ddf0566dda6b"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1257&year=2023"
+source_hash: "d77516f3a72324a2b28baff7e553c397d4348148a045bee1916ef35aeb3562d7"
+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 1257 (2023-2024) — Concerning the authority of cargo and passenger ports.
+
+## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1257.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1257.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hackney — primary (person)
+- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-02-09** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-14** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading suspension calendar by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 11:30 AM.
+- **2023-04-04** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2023-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-09** Chapter 347, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-09** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac0cfaaa-b564-4cd4-9e8a-ddf0566dda6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+