---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring driver training curriculum to include instruction on sharing the road with large vehicles, including commercial motor vehicles and buses."
description: "Requiring driver training curriculum to include instruction on sharing the road with large vehicles, including commercial motor vehicles and buses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1540"
citation: "Washington HB 1540 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutchins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2829d641-2ead-4fae-894f-35d34e3a850d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1540&year=2023"
source_hash: "1dbb35becc64466fccda84d58490bef524ec20d51e55b9b2e527aafc4a3b4665"
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 1540 (2023-2024) — Requiring driver training curriculum to include instruction on sharing the road with large vehicles, including commercial motor vehicles and buses.

## 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/1540.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1540.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hutchins — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Klicker — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-09** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading suspension calendar by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-09** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 32, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-06** Effective date 4/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2829d641-2ead-4fae-894f-35d34e3a850d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).