republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/hb-1207.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving access to department of licensing issued documents by extending the issuance period of driver licenses and identicards to eight years, allowing online issuance and renewal of instruction permits, and expanding online renewal of driver licenses and identicards."
description: "Improving access to department of licensing issued documents by extending the issuance period of driver licenses and identicards to eight years, allowing online issuance and renewal of instruction permits, and expanding online renewal of driver licenses and identicards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1207"
citation: "Washington HB 1207 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "IDENTIFICATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/417cb54a-7597-47a3-ab11-be5e27327172"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1207&year=2021"
source_hash: "e810843a1c215467fa041cdc9ce12eef65b5bd4851a430234d0ca46252929db1"
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 1207 (2021-2022) — Improving access to department of licensing issued documents by extending the issuance period of driver licenses and identicards to eight years, allowing online issuance and renewal of instruction permits, and expanding online renewal of driver licenses and identicards.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1207.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1207-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **90–8** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **81–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ramel — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 81; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 90; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 158, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021*. `became-law`
- **2021-01-26T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2021-02-19T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-16T20:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **2021-03-30T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/417cb54a-7597-47a3-ab11-be5e27327172`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).