---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting license plate covers."
description: "Prohibiting license plate covers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1963"
citation: "Washington HB 1963 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-18"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8337696d-999d-40b3-a11e-e1dc4e38a5f3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1963&year=2023"
source_hash: "51d826d9bfaa7902dcc65b3154dc29524986bf697fdddeacdab242d6694e8329"
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 1963 (2023-2024) — Prohibiting license plate covers.

## 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/1963.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1963.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **59–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-18** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-17** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-17** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-22** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Chapter 84, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-14** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8337696d-999d-40b3-a11e-e1dc4e38a5f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).