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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the types of commercial driver's license qualification waivers allowed for military veterans."
description: "Increasing the types of commercial driver's license qualification waivers allowed for military veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2188"
citation: "Washington HB 2188 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-03"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53efa56c-d531-47bb-8289-c612e384f250"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2188&year=2019"
source_hash: "c4dc33bd1c782c855cfc5b214d82b8a3fb43f0f7dadd4963d4148401ca02c397"
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 2188 (2019-2020) — Increasing the types of commercial driver's license qualification waivers allowed for military veterans.
## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2188.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2188.E.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-12-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-22** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Chapter 78, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-19** Effective date 1/1/2021. `became-law`
- **2020-01-22T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-24T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53efa56c-d531-47bb-8289-c612e384f250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).