H-3310.3
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2092
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By House Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Reed, Leavitt, Parshley, Zahn, Ryu, Farivar, Ramel, Doglio, Simmons, Berry, Obras, Fitzgibbon, Duerr, Scott, Berg, Fosse, Salahuddin, Hill, and Davis)
READ FIRST TIME 02/09/26.
AN ACT Relating to establishing a passenger rail advisory committee; and adding a new section to chapter 47.79 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 47.79 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The department must convene a Washington state Amtrak Cascades passenger rail advisory committee. The scope of the committee's activities must include providing information, advice, and recommendations to the department, the office of the governor, and legislative transportation committee leadership on issues impacting passenger rail service, including performance improvements on passenger rail routes, station location and improvements, passenger train on-time performance, multimodal connectivity, and policy initiatives related to intercity passenger rail to benefit the public, communities served by passenger rail, and the environment. As part of this work, the committee shall consider available grant opportunities to support passenger rail and update the public on progress toward achieving the target goals for Amtrak Cascades service established in RCW 47.79.160 .