---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating the role of the Washington traffic safety commission in identifying the risk factors that lead to roadway fatalities."
description: "Updating the role of the Washington traffic safety commission in identifying the risk factors that lead to roadway fatalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2192"
citation: "Washington HB 2192 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-24"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62a4eeaf-e312-4c2b-8122-bdfafb51785e"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2192&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "e5c548255b971d1a9628f4b6133f27e9468f388090429bf6021384f73098cbd4"
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 2192 (2025-2026) — Updating the role of the Washington traffic safety commission in identifying the risk factors that lead to roadway fatalities.

## 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/2192.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2192-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2192-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2192-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-24** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:00 PM.
- **2026-02-05** 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`
- **2026-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 2:30 PM.
- **2026-02-27** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 152, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62a4eeaf-e312-4c2b-8122-bdfafb51785e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).