---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning defective license plates issued by the department of licensing."
description: "Concerning defective license plates issued by the department of licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2114"
citation: "Washington HB 2114 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Engell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-08"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdbcb8d0-4b32-41bf-9c3e-ee4e21622028"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2114&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "58dabf94d7dddf85dfc7d27ec21b7c374005ff66a30e460d3ab7dfc628352bec"
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 2114 (2025-2026) — Concerning defective license plates issued by the department of licensing.

## 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/2114.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2114-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2114-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Engell — primary (person)
- Abell — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-09** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-12** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 172, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** Effective date 1/1/2027. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdbcb8d0-4b32-41bf-9c3e-ee4e21622028`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).