---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transferring the responsibilities for the transportation revenue forecast for the transportation budget to the economic and revenue forecast council."
description: "Transferring the responsibilities for the transportation revenue forecast for the transportation budget to the economic and revenue forecast council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1838"
citation: "Washington HB 1838 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b26c44d2-2342-4291-b1ed-49d131681948"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1838&year=2023"
source_hash: "840047491fd1e8272a5a199ad1e35b1299178d6f1cb22d906396eaeff027b425"
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 1838 (2023-2024) — Transferring the responsibilities for the transportation revenue forecast for the transportation budget to the economic and revenue forecast council.

## 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/1838.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1838-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1838-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1838-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 12:00 PM.
- **2023-02-23** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-23** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:45 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **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`
- **2023-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 390, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** 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/b26c44d2-2342-4291-b1ed-49d131681948`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).