SHB 1418 — Adding two voting members that are transit users to the governing body of public transportation benefit areas.

What this bill does

Allows for the appointment of two transit-using members to the governing body of public transportation benefit areas (PTBAs) as voting members. Requires one of the transit-using members to represent a community-based organization, if possible. Requires meetings of the governing body of certain PTBAs to be reasonably accessible by transit.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 5, 2025
  64 yea · 33 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 19, 2025
  62 yea · 33 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 16, 2025
  36 yea · 12 nay · 1 not voting

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