---
type: "Bill"
title: "Facilitating transportation projects of statewide significance."
description: "Facilitating transportation projects of statewide significance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1994"
citation: "Washington HB 1994 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRANSPORTATION", "DEPARTMENT", "ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wylie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86484042-01a8-4ed0-9299-23fcab1d9eea"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1994&year=2019"
source_hash: "4c284c1981a0ff746f314bc8d04cc4e041dd958cbcf0be11a34fe1a063567916"
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 1994 (2019-2020) — Facilitating transportation projects of statewide significance.

## 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/1994.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1994-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1994-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#15) — **69–28** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **41–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wylie — primary (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hoff — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** TR - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-27** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-27** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** 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 by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-19** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Chapter 137, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-24** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 01:30 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/86484042-01a8-4ed0-9299-23fcab1d9eea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).