---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units."
description: "Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1264"
citation: "Washington HB 1264 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c954c51-a2aa-4643-98c4-7b714346db3d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1264&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "31aa4c8e2900d8d7d3dbc05b9ed401ec8cd25575adb14194fd3c7ae70e646276"
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 1264 (2025-2026) — Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units.

## 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/1264.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1264-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1264-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **70–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **29–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-31** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:00 PM.
- **2025-02-27** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-15** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 70; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 296, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** 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/2c954c51-a2aa-4643-98c4-7b714346db3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).