---
type: "Bill"
title: "Imposing criminal penalties for negligent driving involving the death of a vulnerable user victim."
description: "Imposing criminal penalties for negligent driving involving the death of a vulnerable user victim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1112"
citation: "Washington HB 1112 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b44e40d2-1672-4daa-bacc-18f0436e6513"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1112&year=2023"
source_hash: "aa849d7e6953f68a8ba760b3b46324b8052b1d467bfc2b2a1c8fe6ce0eb1ef3f"
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 1112 (2023-2024) — Imposing criminal penalties for negligent driving involving the death of a vulnerable user victim.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1112.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1112.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** CSJR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 12:00 PM.
- **2023-02-23** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 12:30 PM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 11:30 AM.
- **2023-04-04** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16** Chapter 471, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-16** Effective date 1/1/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b44e40d2-1672-4daa-bacc-18f0436e6513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).