republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/hb-1644.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting funds in the transportation vehicle fund to be used for electric and other clean pupil transportation vehicle feasibility planning and fueling station infrastructure."
description: "Permitting funds in the transportation vehicle fund to be used for electric and other clean pupil transportation vehicle feasibility planning and fueling station infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1644"
citation: "Washington HB 1644 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a155256a-1a37-4471-a108-fb3a3c9d39e9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1644&year=2021"
source_hash: "f5a456a954fcd9043f23b7d0e4a9b319a7cba40058d47fc0c89b59ddb44e6846"
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 1644 (2021-2022) — Permitting funds in the transportation vehicle fund to be used for electric and other clean pupil transportation vehicle feasibility planning and fueling station infrastructure.

## 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/1644.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1644-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **94–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senn — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 200, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-24T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-01-27T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-23T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a155256a-1a37-4471-a108-fb3a3c9d39e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).