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WA SB 5165

enacted

Concerning compensation in frontier counties for deer and elk damage.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5165 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5165 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-30): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5165 about?

WA SB 5165 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning compensation in frontier counties for deer and elk damage.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5165?

Short is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5165, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-04-30 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Shortprimary
  • Warnickcosponsor
  • Wagonercosponsor
  • Doziercosponsor
  • Chapmancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-30

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-04-30

    Chapter 185, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-04-30

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-22

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-18

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-16

    President signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-11

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    reading-3

  8. 2025-04-11

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2025-04-11

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  10. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-04-08

    APP - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-04-08

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.

  13. 2025-04-05

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  14. 2025-03-25

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-03-21

    AGNR - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-03-21

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.

  17. 2025-03-19

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.

  18. 2025-02-24

    First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  19. 2025-02-19

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  20. 2025-02-19

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  21. 2025-02-19

    1st substitute bill substituted (ANR 25).

    substitution

  22. 2025-02-12

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  23. 2025-02-03

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  24. 2025-01-30

    ANR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  25. 2025-01-30

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.

  26. 2025-01-20

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.

  27. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  28. 2025-01-08

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17)

    2025-02-19 · pass · 48-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: other
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes
  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31)

    2025-04-11 · pass · 96-0

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: yes
    • Abell: yes
    • Barkis: yes
    • Barnard: yes
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: yes
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: yes
    • Connors: yes
    • Corry: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: yes
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: other
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: other
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: yes
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

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