BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

HB 1894: Auctioning vessels

Allowing auctioneers to auction vessels without registering as a vessel dealer.

Summary

Provides that an auction company licensed under chapter 18.11 RCW and licensed as a motor vehicle dealer under chapter 46.70 RCW may sell at auction all vessels that a vessel dealer is authorized to sell, so long as the sale of vessels is incidental to the auction company's primary source of business and the length of any vessel being sold is no greater than twenty-five feet.

From the Bill Digest (HB 1894), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to auctioning vessels;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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HB 1894 (2021–22) Juvenile diversion/period · Enacted · Chapter 34, Laws of 2022
HB 1894 (2019–20) Wildland fire advisory comm. · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1894 (2017–18) High-technology research tax · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1894 (2015–16) Protection of workers · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1894 (2013–14) Shellfish aquaculture · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1894 (2011–12) Intermediate tenancies · Did not pass · died in committee