WA SB 5294
enactedTransferring dedicated accounts for certain professional licenses to the business and professions account.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did WA SB 5294 pass?
Yes. WA SB 5294 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-12): Effective date 1/1/2026.
What is WA SB 5294 about?
WA SB 5294 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Transferring dedicated accounts for certain professional licenses to the business and professions account.”.
Who sponsors WA SB 5294?
Gildon is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5294, joined by 3 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-05-12 — Effective date 1/1/2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Gildonprimary
- Noblescosponsor
- Doziercosponsor
- Stanfordcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-05-12
Effective date 1/1/2026.
became-law
2025-05-12
Chapter 232, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-12
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-22
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-18
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-18
President signed.
passage
2025-04-15
Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-04-15
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-10
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-26
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-20
APP - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-20
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
2025-03-17
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
2025-03-05
First reading, referred to Appropriations.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-03
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-03-03
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-03
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-03
1st substitute bill substituted (BTE 25).
substitution
2025-02-26
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-01-30
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-01-29
BFT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-01-29
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-23
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-16
First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade.
reading-1,referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9)
2025-03-03 · pass · 49-0
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: yes
- 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 (#18)
2025-04-15 · pass · 97-0
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: 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: 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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