---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning organ transport vehicles."
description: "Concerning organ transport vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1271"
citation: "Washington HB 1271 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f038c2c7-120a-47da-a4c3-d8cbc5adb80f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1271&year=2023"
source_hash: "207ebab8f0c16c2cc987618b51a159d9db7dcbd4c3ff685c6b2ed230526cfbbc"
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 1271 (2023-2024) — Concerning organ transport vehicles.

## 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/1271.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1271-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1271-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Goehner — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchins — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-02** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2023-02-14** Placed on second reading suspension calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-20** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 290, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f038c2c7-120a-47da-a4c3-d8cbc5adb80f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).