WA People
BILL · 1993–94 SESSION

HB 1394: HOV lanes/improper use

Strengthening penalties for improper use of HOV lanes.

Summary

  • A rebuttable presumption is made that the registered owner of the vehicle described in the complaint is the person who was driving the vehicle at the time of the HOV violation. The law enforcement officer issuing the citation must have a plain view of the interior of the vehicle from a distance not farther than the adjoining lane.

From the Senate Bill Report (HB 1394), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedJan 27, 1993
  2. Out of committee
  3. Passed HouseMar 16, 1993
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Ruth Fisher (D-27)
Introduced
January 27, 1993 in the House
Last action
March 11, 1994
Budget
Has a fiscal note

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Ruth Fisher (D-27)

4 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Ron Meyers D-26R Wesley Pruitt D-26Tom Campbell D-2Ken Jacobsen D-46

Votes

House · Final Passage

March 16, 1993
Version voted on: HB 1394
94 Yea 3 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat60300
Republican34001
How each member voted

Yea (94)

Nay (3)

Excused (1)

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History

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HB 1394 in other sessions

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