---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning Washington state ferries captains."
description: "Concerning Washington state ferries captains."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1511"
citation: "Washington HB 1511 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parshley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e0b386c-87f4-454b-b976-939fd35d0d58"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1511&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "660899a0b0b6e9e6eeb70b802dbafac92c5c9ff890ece117e505eac42917f267"
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 1511 (2025-2026) — Concerning Washington state ferries captains.

## 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/1511.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1511.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parshley — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-17** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-03-31** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07** Chapter 24, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-07** 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/1e0b386c-87f4-454b-b976-939fd35d0d58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).