---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing cities to provide passenger-only ferry service."
description: "Authorizing cities to provide passenger-only ferry service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2641"
citation: "Washington HB 2641 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FERRIES", "LAKES AND RESERVOIRS", "PUGET SOUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9203ca8b-3e88-4c52-b9b1-e582bfd74268"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2641&year=2019"
source_hash: "8183b48205f7ba0fb7daae50793905fa2c3acf56d5ebc916f5ff54b35b6c785f"
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 2641 (2019-2020) — Authorizing cities to provide passenger-only ferry service.

## 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/2641.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#40) — **83–14** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **81–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 81; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 181, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-05T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation 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/9203ca8b-3e88-4c52-b9b1-e582bfd74268`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).