BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 1537: Roadway safety account use

Expanding access to funding from the multiuse roadway safety account for eligible cities and for the Washington state departments of natural resources and fish and wildlife for maintenance and guidance of motorized recreation on green dot roads.

Summary

Expands the use of the Multiuse Roadway Safety Account (MRSA) to allow for the Washington State Department of Transportation to make interagency transfers to the Washington State Departments of Natural Resources and of Fish and Wildlife to help preserve roads managed by those agencies upon which wheeled all-terrain vehicles (WATVs) are authorized to travel, as well as for WATV-related signage and educational materials.
Allows cities that have adopted ordinances allowing the travel of WATVs within their jurisdictions to be eligible to apply for MRSA funding.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1537), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate

IntroducedJan 23, 2025
Out of committeeFeb 12, 2025
Passed HouseMar 4, 2025
Passed Senatestopped here
Governor
Law

Prime sponsor: Andrew Barkis (R-2)
Introduced: January 23, 2025 in the House
Last action: January 12, 2026
Budget: Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to expanding access to funding from the multiuse roadway safety account for eligible cities and for the Washington state departments of natural resources and fish and wildlife for maintenance and guidance of motorized recreation on green dot roads;

Votes

House · 3rd Reading & Final Passage

Passed March 4, 2025

Version voted on: HB 1537

97 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	58	0	0	1
Republican	39	0	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (97)

Excused (1)

David Hackney D-11

Permalink to this vote

History

Jan 12, 2026House Rules "X" file.
Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 27, 2025By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
Mar 6, 2025First reading, referred to Transportation.
Mar 4, 2025Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
Mar 4, 2025Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Feb 18, 2025Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 12, 2025Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 6, 2025TR - Executive action taken by committee.
Feb 6, 2025TR - Majority; do pass.
Jan 23, 2025First reading, referred to Transportation.

HB 1537 in other sessions

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

HB 1537 (2023–24) Child care licensing · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1537 (2021–22) Fossil fuel tax preferences · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1537 (2019–20) Sunshine committee recs. · Enacted · Chapter 229, Laws of 2019
HB 1537 (2017–18) Petition disclosure · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1537 (2015–16) Liquor control brd officers · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1537 (2013–14) Veteran's preference · Enacted · Chapter 83, Laws of 2013
HB 1537 (2011–12) Traffic safety ed by parent · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1537 (2009–10) Emer responses to property · Did not pass · died in committee

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