BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 1894: Public highway transfers

Concerning jurisdictional public highway transfers between a city or county and the state.

Summary

Requires the state, upon the jurisdictional transfer of a public highway from city or county control to state control, to assume all responsibility with respect to the upgrade, deactivation, or removal of existing water or sewer pipelines beneath the public highway, provided that the pipelines met the applicable standards and requirements established by the transferring jurisdiction at the time of installation.

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 jurisdictional public highway transfers between a city or county and the state;

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.

HB 1894 (2025–26) Tribes/K-12 instruction · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1894 (2023–24) Business licensing service · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
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