---
type: "Bill"
title: "Redistributing the vehicle identification number inspection fee."
description: "Redistributing the vehicle identification number inspection fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1237"
citation: "Washington HB 1237 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robertson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d42a549b-a000-498c-90c2-87713afe76d2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1237&year=2023"
source_hash: "f44da4a7aac01e4a62102077a9a74954453ab8346326d777e27faf9e49c2d4fb"
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 1237 (2023-2024) — Redistributing the vehicle identification number inspection fee.

## 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/1237.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1237.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robertson — primary (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-26** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading suspension calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 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`
- **2023-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 139, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Effective date 7/1/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d42a549b-a000-498c-90c2-87713afe76d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).