BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1098

HB 1098: County local roads

Concerning county local roads.

Summary

Creates the County Local Road Trust Account (Account), and directs the County Road Administration Board to adopt rules regarding the allocation of funds in the Account.
Establishes minimum criteria for project selection and the types of projects that can be funded from the Account.
Requires counties to work with the Washington State Department of Transportation, cities, or towns on certain projects, and requires matching fund requirements to be established after further study.
Limits the eligibility for Account funds to either counties with populations under 8,000 or counties that have not diverted county road levy funds to other purposes, except for certain specified expenditures.
Allows for reservation of funds for future phases of approved projects, provides a limited exemption from the requirement that all Account-funded projects are included in a county's six-year plan, and allows for increases to amounts allocated to projects under certain circumstances.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1098), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor

AN ACT Relating to improving county local roads by creating a new county local road program;

No recorded floor votes.

Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1098)
Jan 12, 2026House Rules "X" file. (SHB 1098)
Jan 12, 2026House Rules "X" file.
Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Mar 19, 2025Returned to Rules Committee for second reading. (SHB 1098)
Mar 19, 2025Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
Mar 9, 2025Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. (SHB 1098)
Mar 9, 2025Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Feb 12, 2025Referred to Rules 2 Review. (SHB 1098)
Feb 12, 2025Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 6, 2025TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1098)
Feb 6, 2025TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Feb 6, 2025TR - Executive action taken by committee.
Jan 15, 2025Referred to Transportation.
Jan 15, 2025Committee relieved of further consideration.
Jan 13, 2025First reading, referred to Local Government.
Dec 19, 2024Prefiled for introduction.

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

HB 1098 (2023–24) Clergy/child abuse reporting · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1098 (2021–22) Unemployment insurance · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1098 (2019–20) Unsafe storage of firearms · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1098 (2017–18) Marijuana plants and seeds · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1098 (2015–16) Electric utility regulation · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1098 (2013–14) Bail practices · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1098 (2011–12) Traffic safety cameras · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1098 (2009–10) Former school empl vac leave · Did not pass · died in committee