---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the removal of vehicles by certain cities when obstructing the operation of streetcar vehicles or jeopardizing public safety."
description: "Addressing the removal of vehicles by certain cities when obstructing the operation of streetcar vehicles or jeopardizing public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2495"
citation: "Washington HB 2495 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efd6fce7-86c1-419d-bc4c-702d7bd9c688"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2495&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "9b811c3dbde40d9d03fbf8a789d2532473f53e999e1a610c6c955942fceac1f8"
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 2495 (2025-2026) — Addressing the removal of vehicles by certain cities when obstructing the operation of streetcar vehicles or jeopardizing public safety.

## 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/2495.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2495.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas — primary (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** 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; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2026-02-23** 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.
- **2026-03-05** 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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-18** Chapter 99, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-18** Effective date 3/18/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efd6fce7-86c1-419d-bc4c-702d7bd9c688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).