---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing bonds for transportation funding."
description: "Authorizing bonds for transportation funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6225"
citation: "Washington SB 6225 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8074a70-7db5-4770-9424-7042a6bd9902"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6225&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "e5f6bad96ae2941eb720fa758fddb635f58dbc30a82c32f6f33477bda0cee21d"
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 SB 6225 (2025-2026) — Authorizing bonds for transportation funding.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/6225.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6225-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6225-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **59–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-26** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-03-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-03-09** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-12** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-31** Chapter 256, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-31** Effective date 3/31/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8074a70-7db5-4770-9424-7042a6bd9902`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).