Washington legislation · 2025-26 Regular Session
Washington SJM8016: Fairfax bridge closure
Status: In committee, February 26, 2026
Requesting Congress to determine that the closure of the Fairfax bridge and its immediate replacement be considered an emergency.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
S-4816.1 SUBSTITUTE SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8016 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session BySenate Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Fortunato, Liias, Dozier, and Nobles) READ FIRST TIME 02/09/26. TO THE HONORABLE DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as and WHEREAS, The Fairfax bridge is on the historic register; and WHEREAS, The Fairfax bridge provides the sole point of access to a large portion of Mount Rainier national park; and WHEREAS, The Fairfax bridge provided the sole access between community members south of the bridge and the greater Washington state area; and WHEREAS, Those citizens living south of the Fairfax bridge must now traverse logging roads over private land in order to access their homes; and WHEREAS, Many community members now end up spending eight hours or more away from home in order to perform general quality of life actions such as shopping for essentials; and WHEREAS, These temporary access roads were closed during the recent …
Sponsors
- Phil Fortunato (R) · primary sponsor
- Marko Liias (D)
- Perry Dozier (R)
- T'wina Nobles (D)
Latest actions
- : Senate Rules "X" file.
- : Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- : Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- : TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- : Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- : Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- : First reading, referred to Transportation.
Votes
- Senate Committee on Transportation: That Substitute Senate Joint Memorial No. 8016 be substituted therefor, and the substitute joint memorial do pass (February 9, 2026): 16 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: JOINT MEMORIALS
Common questions
- What is SJM8016?
- SJM8016 is a bill in the Washington Legislature (2025-26 Regular Session): Fairfax bridge closure.
- What does SJM8016 do?
- Requesting Congress to determine that the closure of the Fairfax bridge and its immediate replacement be considered an emergency.
- What is the status of SJM8016?
- In committee as of February 26, 2026. Latest action: Senate Rules "X" file. (February 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored SJM8016?
- Phil Fortunato (R), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SJM8016?
- On the Washington Legislature website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=8016&Year=2025
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