---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning financial responsibility of motorcycle operators."
description: "Concerning financial responsibility of motorcycle operators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1014"
citation: "Washington HB 1014 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jenkin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/919a4a1b-9295-4e77-a3fd-5b7c47a9eef5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1014&year=2019"
source_hash: "bb4a1f274200c6aa3e91f7d6150a2797716562a36c540239b5ba8b2f9bd4a34a"
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 1014 (2019-2020) — Concerning financial responsibility of motorcycle operators.

## 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/1014.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **70–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jenkin — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — 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 Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-18** CPB - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** TRAN - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-18** And refer to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade.
- **2019-04-02** FIET - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-03** 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, 42; nays, 1; 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 60, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 09:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-28T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 09:00 AM
- **2019-01-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/919a4a1b-9295-4e77-a3fd-5b7c47a9eef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).