republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/hb-1706.md

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Bill	Concerning truck drivers ability to access restroom facilities.	Concerning truck drivers ability to access restroom facilities.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	HB 1706	Washington HB 1706 (2021-2022)	bill	BUSINESSES COMMERCIAL VESSELS AND SHIPPING DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES MARINE WATERS STATE MOTOR VEHICLES TRANSPORTATION	enacted	Sells	2	38	3	2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00	2022-12-27T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2ffdb0a2-e501-4004-b6d3-4a752341cc25	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1706&year=2021	dfe3d7c12c4e8388a2129d388c6c28bd410bed6e26e94693f719ded66d3d8480	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1706 (2021-2022) — Concerning truck drivers ability to access restroom facilities.

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 as Amended by the Senate (#21) — 97–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sells — primary (person)
• Berg — cosponsor (person)
• Berry — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Graham — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Orwall — cosponsor (person)
• Paul — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
• Ryu — cosponsor (person)
• Santos — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
• Stonier — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• Wicks — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-27T05:00:00+00:00 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Transportation. reading-1
• 2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
• 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
• 2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM.
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM.
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2022-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 22). substitution
• 2022-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Transportation. reading-1
• 2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
• 2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 TRAN - Majority; without recommendation.
• 2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 And refer to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. referral-committee
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. referral-committee
• 2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 9:30 AM.
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 8:30 AM.
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 LCTA - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 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 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. 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, 97; nays, 1; 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 204, 2022 Laws. became-law
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 6/9/2022. became-law
• 2022-01-17T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
• 2022-02-07T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM
• 2022-02-17T21:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
• 2022-02-21T14:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 09:30 AM
• 2022-02-24T13:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 08:30 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ffdb0a2-e501-4004-b6d3-4a752341cc25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).