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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning state highway construction project alternative contracting procedures."
+description: "Concerning state highway construction project alternative contracting procedures."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1970"
+citation: "Washington HB 1970 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Zahn"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fcfe347-bb0d-45e6-9e00-aec60bd9fe2b"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1970&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "37b10cb0721d0264ef25e9d269f9358964b33b21c5094d66ef5d4fe4913cdecb"
+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 1970 (2025-2026) — Concerning state highway construction project alternative contracting procedures.
+
+## 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/1970.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1970.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Zahn — primary (person)
+- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-26** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **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** 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`
+- **2025-04-01** 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 with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **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** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-12** Chapter 231, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-12** Effective date 5/12/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fcfe347-bb0d-45e6-9e00-aec60bd9fe2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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