---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing an exemption from certain maximum vehicle length limitations."
description: "Providing an exemption from certain maximum vehicle length limitations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1149"
citation: "Washington HB 1149 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "BICYCLES", "PUBLIC TRANSIT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00f5017c-f179-42f5-91c5-9aba49c6033e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1149&year=2017"
source_hash: "8ae9247dded183b60c4886b71894fcefe5853a02fde7171954f8268a114c59c5"
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 1149 (2017-2018) — Providing an exemption from certain maximum vehicle length limitations.

## 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/1149.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1149-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#40) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-01** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter 76, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00f5017c-f179-42f5-91c5-9aba49c6033e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).