HB 1823 Washington House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Modifying transportation improvement board provisions.

HB 1823 updates Washington’s Transportation Improvement Board rules and funding processes. It requires counties, cities, or transportation districts to provide written certification of local/private funding within one year of project approval, or funds may be reallocated. The bill clarifies board membership requirements, including population thresholds for city/county representatives and specific roles for transit, port, and active transportation advocates. Projects must align with the Growth Management Act, Clean Air Act, and other transportation planning standards to qualify for funding. These changes directly affect local governments seeking state transportation funds.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026

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What changed between versions

Bill → Substitute Bill · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated from its original version to a substitute version, changing the legislative session year from 2025 to 2026 and adjusting the sponsor attribution. The most significant substantive change is the removal of two sections authorizing the issuance of $350 million in general obligation bonds for urgent construction projects, effectively eliminating that specific funding authorization from the bill.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing the authorization for new state debt issuance for transportation projects.

FISCAL

Deleted Section 5, which authorized $250 million in Series I bonds and $60 million in Series II bonds for county and city arterial construction.

Deleted Section 6, which authorized $100 million in bonds for state, county, and city transportation projects.

TIMELINE

Changed the legislative session from the 2025 Regular Session to the 2026 Regular Session.

TECHNICAL

Updated the sponsor attribution to reflect that the bill was originally sponsored by Representative Low but is now being processed by the House Transportation committee.

Reordered the section numbering for the repeal and emergency clauses, shifting them from Sections 7 and 8 to Sections 5 and 6 to fill the gap left by the deleted funding sections.

Floor votes · House Feb 13, 2026

How they voted

94–0

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 100

Feb 13, 2026

D Democratic61

59 Yea 2

96% Yea

R Republican39

35 Yea 4

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

TRAN - Majority; do pass.

upper

Mar 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.

upper

Feb 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.

upper

Feb 13, 2026

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (94-0-6)

house

Jan 23, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules 2 Review.

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.

lower

Jan 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to Transportation.

lower

Jan 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.

lower

Jan 12, 2026

Introduced

By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules 2 Review.

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

TR - Majority; do pass.

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors