republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1149.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Providing an exemption from certain maximum vehicle length limitations.	Providing an exemption from certain maximum vehicle length limitations.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1149	Washington HB 1149 (2017-2018)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES BICYCLES PUBLIC TRANSIT	enacted	Chapman	2	23	2	2017-01-12	2017-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/00f5017c-f179-42f5-91c5-9aba49c6033e	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1149&year=2017	8ae9247dded183b60c4886b71894fcefe5853a02fde7171954f8268a114c59c5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1149 (2017-2018) — Providing an exemption from certain maximum vehicle length limitations.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#40) — 91–6 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chapman — primary (person)
• Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
• Fey — cosponsor (person)
• Orcutt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-01 TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-27 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-01 TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-27 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-01 First reading, referred to Transportation. reading-1
• 2017-03-28 TRAN - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-29 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-04 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-05 Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2017-04-10 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-11 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-14 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-20 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-20 Chapter 76, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-20 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00f5017c-f179-42f5-91c5-9aba49c6033e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).