WA SB 5281

enacted

Changing the vessel length requirement in obtaining nonresident vessel permits.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5281 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5281 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-12. Latest recorded action (2025-05-12): Effective date 9/1/2025.

What is WA SB 5281 about?

WA SB 5281 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Changing the vessel length requirement in obtaining nonresident vessel permits.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5281?

Chapman is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5281, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-05-12 — Effective date 9/1/2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-15
First reading, referred to Transportation.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-27
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-06
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-06
TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-07
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-12
Placed on second reading consent calendar.
reading-2
2025-02-17
Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-02-19
1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 25).
substitution
2025-02-19
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-02-19
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-19
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-02-24
First reading, referred to Transportation.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-13
Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2025-04-04
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-04
TR - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-08
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-04-14
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-04-15
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-15
Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-04-18
President signed.
passage
2025-04-18
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-22
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-05-12
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-05-12
Chapter 244, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-12
Effective date 9/1/2025.
became-law

Versions

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13)
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 (#3)
2025-04-15 · pass · 94-3
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: no
- 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: yes
- 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: no
- 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: no
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5281&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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