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WA HB1823
Bill
Status
2/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Sam Low
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AI Summary
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Removes the small city program from the transportation improvement account and eliminates the population threshold (5,000+) for cities to receive funding, allowing all cities to be eligible for transportation improvement account projects
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Updates terminology throughout the statute from "nonmotorized" to "active transportation" and adds a formal definition covering walking, running, wheelchairs, bicycling, scooters, skateboards, and electric-assisted devices
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Removes the requirement for board staff expenses to be paid from the public transportation systems account, leaving only the transportation improvement account as the funding source
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Sets a June 30, 2025 expiration date for the state finance committee's authority to issue any remaining unissued bonds authorized under the urban arterial and transportation improvement bond programs ($250M series I, $60M series II, $100M series III, and $100M general)
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Repeals RCW 47.26.170 (long-range arterial construction planning/arterial inventory data) and RCW 47.26.300 (bicycle routes legislative declaration), and declares an emergency for immediate effect
Legislative Description
Modifying transportation improvement board provisions.
Last Action
By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
3/12/2026