republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1439.md

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Bill	Modifying motor vehicle and driver licensing laws to align with federal definitions, making technical corrections, and streamlining requirements.	Modifying motor vehicle and driver licensing laws to align with federal definitions, making technical corrections, and streamlining requirements.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1439	Washington HB 1439 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bernbaum	4	23	2	2025-01-21	2025-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/328f9d42-ea42-48ab-8646-35efac53ffb9	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1439&Year=2025&Initiative=false	2ffcf0af0335948f44de1376cfee5839516164b3e67b78263751d3a848a6c710	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1439 (2025-2026) — Modifying motor vehicle and driver licensing laws to align with federal definitions, making technical corrections, and streamlining requirements.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bernbaum — primary (person)
• Abell — cosponsor (person)
• Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-21 First reading, referred to Transportation. reading-1
• 2025-01-30 Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
• 2025-02-06 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
• 2025-02-06 TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-12 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-04 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 25). substitution
• 2025-03-04 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2025-03-07 First reading, referred to Transportation. reading-1
• 2025-03-17 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
• 2025-03-17 TRAN - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-19 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-03-21 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-03-26 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-26 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-03-31 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-03-31 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-02 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-07 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-04-07 Chapter 23, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-04-07 Effective date 10/1/2025*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/328f9d42-ea42-48ab-8646-35efac53ffb9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).