HB 1439 — Modifying motor vehicle and driver licensing laws to align with federal definitions, making technical corrections, and streamlining requirements.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-21
AN ACT Relating to modifying motor vehicle and driver licensing laws to align with federal definitions, making technical corrections, and streamlining requirements;
Latest action: 2025-03-04 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Bernbaum, Adam (D, WA-24) — sponsor · 2025-01-21
- Abell, Hunter (R, WA-7) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Donaghy, Brandy (D, WA-44) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
- Tharinger, Steve (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-21
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Transportation.
- · house — TR - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
- · house — First reading, referred to Transportation.
- · house — TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 23, 2025 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 10/1/2025*.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-21 | Abell, Hunter | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Bernbaum, Adam | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Donaghy, Brandy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-21 | Tharinger, Steve | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernbaum, Adam (D, state_lower WA-24) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Abell, Hunter (R, state_lower WA-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Donaghy, Brandy (D, state_lower WA-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Tharinger, Steve (D, state_lower WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Donaghy, Brandy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · sponsored by Bernbaum, Adam (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Tharinger, Steve (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Abell, Hunter (cosponsor) · sponsorship