BILL · 2025–26 SESSION
HB 1772: Shared streets
Establishing shared streets.
Summary
- Authorizes local authorities to designate a non-arterial highway a "shared street," which is defined as a city street designated by placement of official traffic control devices where pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicular traffic share a portion or all of the same street.?
- Permits local authorities to establish maximum speed limits of 10 miles per hour on shared streets.?
- Requires vehicular traffic traveling along a shared street to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian, bicyclist, or operator of a micro-mobility device.
- Requires a bicyclist or micro-mobility device operator traveling along a shared street to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Julia Reed (D-36)
- Introduced
- January 31, 2025 in the House
- Last action
- January 12, 2026
- Companion bill
- ESB 5595
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to establishing shared streets;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Julia Reed (D-36)
6 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Transportation.
HB 1772 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1772 (2023–24) Tetrahydrocannabinol & alc.
- HB 1772 (2021–22) Gubernatorial proclamations
- HB 1772 (2019–20) Motorized foot scooters
- HB 1772 (2017–18) Personal needs allowance
- HB 1772 (2015–16) WA state bar association
- HB 1772 (2013–14) Emergency medical responders
- HB 1772 (2011–12) Prepaid postage for ballots
- HB 1772 (2009–10) Motor vehicle purchases