WA SB 5486

enacted

Concerning open motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5486 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5486 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-19. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Effective date 1/1/2026.

What is WA SB 5486 about?

WA SB 5486 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning open motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5486?

Orwall is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5486, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-05-19 — Effective date 1/1/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-24
First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-04
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-06
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-06
LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-06
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-06
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-06
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-02-07
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-02-28
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-28
WM - Majority; without recommendation.
2025-02-28
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-28
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-03-11
1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 25).
substitution
2025-03-11
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-11
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-11
Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-03-13
First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-25
Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-28
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-28
CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-28
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-28
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-01
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-04-10
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-04-10
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
2025-04-10
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-10
Third reading, passed; yeas, 84; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-04-22
Senate concurred in House amendments.
2025-04-22
Passed final passage; yeas, 34; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0.
passage
2025-04-25
President signed.
passage
2025-04-26
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-27
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-05-19
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-05-19
Chapter 355, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-19
Effective date 1/1/2026.
became-law

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21)
2025-03-11 · pass · 45-3
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- 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: no
- McCune: no
- 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: other
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27)
2025-04-10 · pass · 84-11
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: no
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: yes
- Engell: no
- 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: other
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: other
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- 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: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11)
2025-04-22 · pass · 34-14
Member-level votes (48)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5486&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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