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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions."
+description: "Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1244"
+citation: "Washington HB 1244 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wylie"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-04-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e4cc98f-9cf1-4cb3-9758-e2c013e99cab"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1244&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "0f2b7a4dd4fd265e63db137be6825b8105f8f823b99f465b3dc7249b47ec7ab4"
+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 1244 (2025-2026) — Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1244.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1244-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1244-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **34–15** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#22) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wylie — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-02-19** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-02-20** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-03** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
+- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-20** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-03-20** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-24** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-08** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-29** Chapter 175, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-04-29** Effective date 4/1/2026. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e4cc98f-9cf1-4cb3-9758-e2c013e99cab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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