---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the establishment of a state patrol longevity bonus."
description: "Concerning the establishment of a state patrol longevity bonus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1605"
citation: "Washington HB 1605 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f335d496-2dd4-4bda-9249-4bf3c0269e16"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1605&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6ff9f9c8858a0c4d9ff29384460484d71450d59fa807ba7d73216657dba035b7"
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 1605 (2025-2026) — Concerning the establishment of a state patrol longevity bonus.

## 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/1605.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1605.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **91–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-06** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-06** TR - 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`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-25** Chapter 172, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-25** Effective date 4/25/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f335d496-2dd4-4bda-9249-4bf3c0269e16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).