---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the creation, display, and material durability of temporary license plates."
description: "Addressing the creation, display, and material durability of temporary license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1790"
citation: "Washington HB 1790 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8211a4d1-2bd8-4d73-8314-a5bf6a6e21f1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1790&year=2021"
source_hash: "fbcd133e2f1cc1f5566ee4fac02c9fdd07e0e3a759404e86004b914377db30c0"
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 1790 (2021-2022) — Addressing the creation, display, and material durability of temporary license plates.

## 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/1790.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1790-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **79–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+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 session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 79; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:00 PM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 132, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/1/2023. `became-law`
- **2022-01-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-07T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-26T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T18:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8211a4d1-2bd8-4d73-8314-a5bf6a6e21f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).