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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 693

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Relating to: free state park admission for veterans and gold star families. (FE)

Family Motor vehicle State park Veteran

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, no person may operate a vehicle in any state park or in

certain other recreational areas on state land unless the vehicle displays a vehicle

admission receipt.

This bill provides that a vehicle admission receipt is not required for any vehicle

occupied by a person who is a veteran under federal law or who qualifies under

federal law for a gold star lapel button (commonly known as gold star family), which

signifies that the recipient is the immediate family member of a member of the U.S.

armed forces who died while serving during a time of conflict.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacque (R) , L. Johnson (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

24 cosponsors

Andraca (D) , Bare (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Drake (D) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Gustafson (R) , Haywood (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 16, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 16, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Agard, Jacque, Taylor, L. Johnson, Carpenter, Cabral-Guevara and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Snodgrass, Bare, Joers, Drake, Palmeri, Doyle, Ratcliff, Gustafson, Ortiz-Velez, Considine, Ohnstad, Andraca, Emerson, Jacobson, Shankland, Shelton, Mursau, Conley, Stubbs and Edming

  2. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

  3. Nov 27, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  4. Dec 11, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  5. Jan 3, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Hesselbein

  7. Feb 14, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Feb 16, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 16, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Feb 16, 2024 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. Feb 16, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  12. Apr 10, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Pfaff added as a coauthor

  13. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1