---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying allowable terms for the lease of unused highway land."
description: "Modifying allowable terms for the lease of unused highway land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1774"
citation: "Washington HB 1774 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18b3f667-b77e-414e-8a96-c74c8c48ef6a"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1774&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "504d04a9065e5d3618c25898a4c8f7ca6e072772f3ca63cff430d223afdebc7d"
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 1774 (2025-2026) — Modifying allowable terms for the lease of unused highway land.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1774.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1774-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1774-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **70–27** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **67–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-19** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-20** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 67; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 298, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18b3f667-b77e-414e-8a96-c74c8c48ef6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).