BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
HB 1246: Driver's license use/fraud
Providing safeguards to prevent using drivers' licenses and identicards to commit welfare fraud.
Summary
- No later than 90 days after the department of licensing adopts a finger imaging requirement for renewal or issuance of a driver = s license, the department of social and health service will only approve new or continued assistance to a recipient if the person posses a valid Washington driver = s license or identicard .
From the House Bill Analysis (HB 1246), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 20, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Marc Boldt (R-17)
- Introduced
- January 20, 1997 in the House
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
- Companion bill
- SB 5261
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Marc Boldt (R-17)
9 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 8 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
HB 1246 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1246 (2025–26) Juvenile justice
- HB 1246 (2023–24) Health benefits/SEBB
- HB 1246 (2021–22) Rural internet infra./taxes
- HB 1246 (2019–20) Referred and diverted youth
- HB 1246 (2017–18) School bus safety
- HB 1246 (2015–16) Foreign laws
- HB 1246 (2013–14) Motorcycle helmet use
- HB 1246 (2011–12) Tobacco products