---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the use of child passenger restraint systems."
description: "Concerning the use of child passenger restraint systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1012"
citation: "Washington HB 1012 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "CHILDREN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41dcbfc7-d936-41b7-ab3d-c0e2667f5233"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1012&year=2019"
source_hash: "57f3fb839a521fd19925a5ea990f5c967439570971500aa9c86c8810fd66ef9b"
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 1012 (2019-2020) — Concerning the use of child passenger restraint systems.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1012.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1012-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#5) — **71–25** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **31–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bergquist — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-23** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 59, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-01-21T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-01-23T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-25T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41dcbfc7-d936-41b7-ab3d-c0e2667f5233`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).