---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encouraging the opening of safety rest areas to the public."
description: "Encouraging the opening of safety rest areas to the public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1655"
citation: "Washington HB 1655 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PARKING", "ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5aea427-aaff-466e-ac3c-22102af0ae63"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1655&year=2021"
source_hash: "1edbed437dcad7d4be5e1474d318ee4b3053434443a4534ec4d3db2e239302ec"
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 1655 (2021-2022) — Encouraging the opening of safety rest areas to the public.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1655.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1655-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gilday — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 262, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-01T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-17T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **2022-02-22T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5aea427-aaff-466e-ac3c-22102af0ae63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).