---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities."
description: "Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1837"
citation: "Washington HB 1837 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d47ae624-2970-4e94-a193-d22476724467"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1837&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "2a07fa83bf7cc0aaa1d36486b359633c63f0ad82307d37ff868b0143fc403c46"
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 1837 (2025-2026) — Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities.

## 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/1837.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1837-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1837-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1837-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **68–29** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **65–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** 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`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** 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.
- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 65; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Chapter 363, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-19** 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/d47ae624-2970-4e94-a193-d22476724467`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).