---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the Washington recreational vehicle manufacturer and dealer law."
description: "Establishing the Washington recreational vehicle manufacturer and dealer law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1996"
citation: "Washington HB 1996 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robertson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-20"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d275aa6b-0a4e-4f78-b2ee-7dfc641dc1c2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1996&year=2023"
source_hash: "de723c04f248a18e53234400e2e3ff2cfaf23db0947c4ec0e927bc0aa00194a4"
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 1996 (2023-2024) — Establishing the Washington recreational vehicle manufacturer and dealer law.

## 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/1996.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1996-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1996-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#45) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robertson — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-23** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-24** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted (CPB 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Chapter 87, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-14** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d275aa6b-0a4e-4f78-b2ee-7dfc641dc1c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).