---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing motor vehicle transporter license plates."
description: "Addressing motor vehicle transporter license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1269"
citation: "Washington HB 1269 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34a9b500-c5d3-46f8-b18f-daddbc3a9288"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1269&year=2021"
source_hash: "239fdc531a8d8050c59c4fefcac08c71f852d2ea65b5699b51f90043f1c224aa"
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 1269 (2021-2022) — Addressing motor vehicle transporter license plates.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1269.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1269-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kirby — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 161, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 1/1/2022. `became-law`
- **2021-02-08T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2021-02-11T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2021-03-16T20:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **2021-03-30T17:30:00+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/34a9b500-c5d3-46f8-b18f-daddbc3a9288`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).