---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting the vulnerable by providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle arising from the rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals."
description: "Protecting the vulnerable by providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle arising from the rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1046"
citation: "Washington HB 1046 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-11"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1215225f-5238-456f-a560-1582bec676e7"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1046&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "4fdd54713bfeafb4ee9ca9022d868ae51f2d741f687f0a363369d2630c6376ae"
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 1046 (2025-2026) — Protecting the vulnerable by providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle arising from the rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1046.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1046.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **36–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **61–35** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **60–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-22** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-01-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 60; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Chapter 183, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-30** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1215225f-5238-456f-a560-1582bec676e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).