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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 1980: Employer transp. services

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 1980 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on February 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Allowing certain private employer transportation services to use certain public transportation facilities. Primary sponsor: Janice Zahn (D). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 17, 2026): 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 allowing certain private employer transportation services to use certain public transportation facilities;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Janice ZahnPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse41
April BergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Mari LeavittCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Sam LowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Lisa ParshleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Osman SalahuddinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Larry SpringerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Chipalo StreetCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37
My-Linh ThaiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41
Joe TimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42

“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 81, 2026 Laws.
  3. Effective date 6/11/2026.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. President signed.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  9. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  11. TRAN - Majority; do pass.
  12. Minority; without recommendation.

Showing 12 most recent of 29 actions. Full history

Sources

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