---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the authority of unregistered vehicles shipped as marine cargo through public ports to operate on public roadways."
description: "Clarifying the authority of unregistered vehicles shipped as marine cargo through public ports to operate on public roadways."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1254"
citation: "Washington HB 1254 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRAFFIC", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "COMMERCIAL VESSELS AND SHIPPING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6792171-0ddf-4faf-b09e-b85d74dbbd04"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1254&year=2019"
source_hash: "ffcdd061266c493a52123e6db4c974b18888fd43b0acc22148d85f5877906374"
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 1254 (2019-2020) — Clarifying the authority of unregistered vehicles shipped as marine cargo through public ports to operate on public roadways.

## 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/1254.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1254-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#28) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-31** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Chapter 94, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-23** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-01-31T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T19:30:00+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/c6792171-0ddf-4faf-b09e-b85d74dbbd04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).