This bill amends RCW 47.56.902 by replacing its text with a statutory definition of "Interstate 5 bridge replacement project," defined as the bistate, multimodal corridor improvement program between the state route number 500 interchange in Vancouver, Washington and the Victory Boulevard interchange in Portland, Oregon. The amendment also shows prior subsection text about toll authorization in deletion notation. The bill repeals RCW 47.56.892 (related to the Columbia River crossing project and agreements with the Oregon State Transportation Commission), RCW 47.56.906 (Interstate 5 bridge replacement project—Bistate agreement), and uncodified section 2023 c 377 s 8. It also amends 2023 c 377 s 2 and cites related session laws (2012 c 36 s 4; 2023 c 377 s 4). The legal changes are a statutory amendment that adds a specific project definition and repeals existing statutory sections; no new crimes or penalty changes are created. The bill was read for the first time on 01/23/25 and referred to the Committee on Transportation. Important context is missing from the provided text: the prior full language of RCW 47.56.902, the full texts of the repealed sections (RCW 47.56.892 and RCW 47.56.906), and the content of RCW 47.56.904 and section 8, chapter 377, Laws of 2023 are not included, so the complete legal effect of the deletions and repeals cannot be determined from these extracts. No effective dates or implementation deadlines are provided in the extracted facts.

If enacted, the bill strips the existing statute down to a single definition of the "Interstate 5 bridge replacement project" (the corridor between SR 500 in Vancouver, WA and Victory Boulevard in Portland, OR) and removes several prior statutes that governed the Columbia River crossing and bistate agreements. In practical terms, that means the specific legal provisions that previously addressed Washington–Oregon agreements and the prior referenced tolling language are being deleted, which likely reduces the statute to a naming/definition role and removes the earlier statutory framework for coordination and certain authorizations. The parties most affected are the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project itself and the agencies that would negotiate and fund it—primarily Washington State transportation officials and the Oregon State Transportation Commission, plus local governments in Vancouver and Portland. Those entities may face more uncertainty about existing statutory authorities for agreements, tolling, and funding commitments and could need to negotiate new arrangements or seek new statutory language; however, the bill text provided omits the prior full language of the repealed sections, so the exact practical consequences for funding, tolling authority, and intergovernmental responsibilities are unclear.