---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhancing prorate and fuel tax collections by improving taxpayer compliance, providing additional enforcement mechanisms, and protecting confidential taxpayer information."
description: "Enhancing prorate and fuel tax collections by improving taxpayer compliance, providing additional enforcement mechanisms, and protecting confidential taxpayer information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1964"
citation: "Washington HB 1964 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-18"
last_action: "2024-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fee43ce4-8fa0-485f-9408-56d958f0b525"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1964&year=2023"
source_hash: "6b575462448c542a408c5595af76219ffc272d8b932e3601f937ad78ef63b7eb"
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 1964 (2023-2024) — Enhancing prorate and fuel tax collections by improving taxpayer compliance, providing additional enforcement mechanisms, and protecting confidential taxpayer information.

## 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/1964.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1964.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1964.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#43) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **92–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — 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`
- **2024-01-15** 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; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-01-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-05** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-21** Chapter 1, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-02-21** Effective date 7/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fee43ce4-8fa0-485f-9408-56d958f0b525`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).