---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting privacy of addresses related to vehicle registration certificates."
description: "Protecting privacy of addresses related to vehicle registration certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1984"
citation: "Washington HB 1984 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATS AND BOATING", "LICENSING", "DEPARTMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacobsen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ae7f8ce-fa37-4754-ac62-5aa43a656db3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1984&year=2021"
source_hash: "1b6c0c88d76c0ea3a29db5657e48025c8d4e0495d45c95d3bf7af99b9f4df461"
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 1984 (2021-2022) — Protecting privacy of addresses related to vehicle registration certificates.

## 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/1984.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1984-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jacobsen — primary (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing 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** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **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** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 36, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-25T20:30:00+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
- **2022-02-22T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **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/5ae7f8ce-fa37-4754-ac62-5aa43a656db3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).