---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning pavement condition reporting requirements."
description: "Concerning pavement condition reporting requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2038"
citation: "Washington HB 2038 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79baf2c5-50f0-443e-aebb-415704887af2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2038&year=2019"
source_hash: "8adeb756b6d404bab5ba1b5691d0bc9d084765c10e6781bd602396af6ca28b87"
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 2038 (2019-2020) — Concerning pavement condition reporting requirements.

## 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/2038.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#27) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** TR - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-28** 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.
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 36, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-28T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 09:30 AM
- **2019-02-28T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 09:30 AM
- **2019-03-18T19:30:00+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/79baf2c5-50f0-443e-aebb-415704887af2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).