---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning parking at rest areas."
description: "Concerning parking at rest areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5506"
citation: "Washington SB 5506 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "PARKING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hobbs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d568fee-bd3c-419c-820a-417be4114c87"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5506&year=2019"
source_hash: "059cee12f27cee1eb680a614803042ea473993a6ea3aa38243edf11640ee4a91"
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 SB 5506 (2019-2020) — Concerning parking at rest areas.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5506.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **42–6** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **33–14** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hobbs — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-13** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 42; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 436, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-13T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-25T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House 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/9d568fee-bd3c-419c-820a-417be4114c87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).