---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the responsibilities for state routes in cities or towns."
description: "Concerning the responsibilities for state routes in cities or towns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2948"
citation: "Washington HB 2948 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Graves"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9bf9df4-41be-45ad-b970-cf677e7223a7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2948&year=2017"
source_hash: "f6cde05fffd1e2e0f51e866e51334d75a4071cc92b0cd081b5e9b4a7eefee7c1"
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 2948 (2017-2018) — Concerning the responsibilities for state routes in cities or towns.

## 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/2948.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2948.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **86–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Graves — primary (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
- Pike — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 100, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9bf9df4-41be-45ad-b970-cf677e7223a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).