WA People
BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 1209: Passenger-only ferries

Providing funding for passenger-only ferry construction.

Summary

  • Allows the Department of Transportation to purchase five passenger-only ferries.
  • Transfers $25 million from the Multimodal Transportation Account to the Passenger Ferry Account, for the purposes of purchasing five passenger-only ferries.
  • Requires the qualifying bidder for the ferries to be able to design ferries that produce sufficiently low wake and provide high-speed transit through Rich Passage.

From the House Bill Analysis 2009 (HB 1209), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 15, 2009
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Doug Ericksen (R-42)
Introduced
January 15, 2009 in the House
Last action
March 15, 2010
Budget
Makes appropriations · Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to providing funding for passenger-only ferry construction;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Doug Ericksen (R-42)

3 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 2 Republicans)

Dan Roach R-31Barbara Bailey R-10Christine Rolfes D-23

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Transportation.

HB 1209 in other sessions

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