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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 1837: Intercity passenger rail

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1837 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities. Primary sponsor: Julia Reed (D). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 19, 2025): Governor signed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 16 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Julia ReedPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Andrew BarkisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Liz BerryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Dan BronoskeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Beth DoglioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Darya FarivarCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Joe FitzgibbonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Mari LeavittCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Nicole MacriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Greg NanceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Lisa ParshleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Gerry PolletCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Alex RamelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Shaun ScottCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Jamila TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Brianna ThomasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Janice ZahnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor signed.
  2. Chapter 363, 2025 Laws.
  3. Effective date 7/27/2025.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. President signed.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. House concurred in Senate amendments.
  8. Passed final passage; yeas, 65; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  9. Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  10. Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
  11. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  12. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page