The Joint House and Senate Conference Committee on April 25 considered a large slate of measures held for conference action. The committee adopted conference drafts for a number of bills and deferred others. Below are the measures recorded in the transcript excerpt, the committee’s action and the primary details included in the conference discussion.

Votes at a glance (items recorded in the transcript excerpt):

- HB 862 CD1 — Adopted. CD1 authorizes use of motor coaches, small buses, vans or other transportation when school vehicles are unavailable and allows Department of Transportation exemptions under specified conditions; requires driver qualifications and parent/guardian written waivers when nontraditional vehicles are used. (Recorded affirmative votes; CD1 adopted.)

- HB 667 CD1 (My Needle Microchip Identification Act) — Adopted. Requires DOT to scan deceased cats and dogs found on state roadways for microchip data and notify county animal services within 48 hours; authorizes county scanning protocols and data sharing; effective upon approval. (Roll call adopted CD1.)

- SP 1526 (conference draft) — Adopted. Conferees agreed to a circulated CD and recorded affirmative votes. (Transcript records adoption; details of the CD not specified in excerpt.)

- HB 437 — Deferred. Conferees said they had no agreement and chose to defer the bill rather than adopt in conference.

- HB 934 (broadband and digital equity office) — Adopted. CD1 included appropriations of $200,000 A funds (FY26), $200,000 B funds (FY26), $800,000 B funds (FY26) and six positions as recorded by conferees; committee announced release for FIN and WAM and recorded votes adopting the CD1.

- HB 1391 — Adopted. The transcript records that conferees had an agreement, recorded releases and recorded affirmative votes adopting the CD1 with amendments.

- SB 1009 (parking) — Adopted. Conferees said they had agreement and recorded roll call adoption of the conference draft.

- HB 958 HD2 SD2 (electric bicycles) — Adopted. See separate article for details; CD1 adopted with labeling, classification and consumer disclosure provisions and effective date for labeling of 12/31/2025.

- HB 960 CD1 (raising DOT single contract threshold) — Adopted. CD1 raises the single contract threshold for DOT capital advance projects from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000, increases the total annual cap to $30,000,000 for the fiscal year in the CD, and requires legislative concurrent resolution approval for contracts above $5,000,000; conferees recorded affirmative votes adopting CD1.

- HB 697 CD1 (automated speed enforcement) — Adopted. See separate article for details; CD1 raises enforcement threshold to 7 mph over posted limit and appropriates $2,000,000 to the city highway fund for FY2025–26.

- SB 26 CD1 (affordable housing land inventory task force) — Adopted. See separate article; CD1 places the task force within HHFDC and appropriates $250,000.

- SB 1229 CD1 (Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund / equity pilot) — Adopted. CD1 extends the dwelling unit revolving fund equity pilot, clarifies resale equity terms (equity appreciation payable if resale occurs within 30 years), permits unsold units to be offered to all qualified residents after a 30‑day worker preference period, and ties the definition of “qualified resident” to section 201H‑32; roll call recorded affirmative votes.

Several additional items listed on the conference room agendas were moved between rooms or rolled to later reconvening times; the transcript shows multiple recesses and roll calls. Where the transcript excerpt presented full descriptions (for example, HB 958 and HB 697), separate articles provide fuller summaries. For other adopted items summarized above, the transcript records adoption of a CD1 and a brief sentence of description or appropriation figures; the full conference drafts and fiscal notes should be consulted for implementation details and statutory text.

Deferred items and next steps: the film tax credit (SB 732 SD2 HD2) and several bills listed as having no agreement were deferred; conferees announced deferrals in the excerpt and moved on. The committee recorded that remaining measures on the agenda were being deferred indefinitely at the conclusion of the session.

This roundup is based on the conference‑committee transcript excerpt and the CD/finance/WAM release references noted by conferees; interested parties should consult the official conference drafts and fiscal notes for final statutory language, effective dates and fiscal details.