---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing motorcycle safety."
description: "Addressing motorcycle safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1116"
citation: "Washington HB 1116 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TRAFFIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df1b9e70-8b7a-45dc-a8e3-65f765007b27"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1116&year=2019"
source_hash: "1cbde548287cc01c7a78358884c4d1dc2e697e2cda60f2c6251b0cf5787851f0"
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 1116 (2019-2020) — Addressing motorcycle 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1116.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1116-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **38–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#38) — **72–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-14** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 65, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-14T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df1b9e70-8b7a-45dc-a8e3-65f765007b27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).