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Committee advances seven transportation bills out of committee; roll-call tallies recorded
Summary
After caucus the House Transportation Committee returned for executive session and reported several bills out of committee with due‑pass recommendations, including substitute HB 2139 (20‑8‑1) and substitute HB 2192 (28‑0‑1); other bills moved by voice vote or recorded tallies as noted in committee minutes.
Following public hearings, the House Transportation Committee recessed to caucus and returned for an executive session that advanced multiple bills out of committee with due‑pass recommendations.
Key recorded results included:
- Substitute House Bill 2,139 (snowmobile registration fee amendment): reported out of committee with a due‑pass recommendation; roll call recorded 20 aye, 8 nay, 1 excused.
- Substitute House Bill 2,192 (Traffic Safety Commission fatality review authority): reported out with a due‑pass recommendation; roll call recorded 28 aye, 0 nay, 1 excused.
- House Bill 2,307 (commute trip reduction definition updates): voice vote recorded as 29 aye, 0 nay.
- Substitute House Bill 2,379 (suspend tolling on evacuation routes in specified emergencies): reported out 28 aye, 0 nay, 1 excused.
- Substitute House Bill 2,467 (fifth-wheel trailer length clarification): reported out 28 aye, 0 nay, 1 excused.
- House Bill 2,495 (impoundment authority for streetcar operations, Seattle qualifying city): reported out 28 aye, 0 nay, 1 excused.
- House Bill 2,604 (allow electronic signatures to transfer vehicle ownership to insurers): reported out 28 aye, 0 nay, 1 excused.
Committee members moved substitute language and amendments as recorded on the floor; the committee did not take action on every bill that received a public hearing earlier in the day. The committee adjourned after completing the executive session.
