---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning a motor carrier’s ability to access restroom facilities required by rules authorized under chapter 49.17 RCW."
description: "Concerning a motor carrier’s ability to access restroom facilities required by rules authorized under chapter 49.17 RCW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1457"
citation: "Washington HB 1457 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robertson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/244fdd02-6d65-48e9-8dbb-ce187af0f7f8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1457&year=2023"
source_hash: "0abba940835073e4554b27d5c7da5d79c229915637ebcb442d6497840b5c23ae"
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 1457 (2023-2024) — Concerning a motor carrier’s ability to access restroom facilities required by rules authorized under chapter 49.17 RCW.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1457.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1457-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1457-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robertson — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-02** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-21** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Transportation. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2023-02-28** Placed on second reading suspension calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-14** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 251, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/244fdd02-6d65-48e9-8dbb-ce187af0f7f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).