WA SB 5501

enacted

Concerning employer requirements for driving.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5501 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5501 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-22): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5501 about?

WA SB 5501 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning employer requirements for driving.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5501?

Stanford is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5501, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-04-22 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-04-22
Effective date 7/27/2025.
became-law
2025-04-22
Chapter 115, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-22
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-17
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-15
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-14
President signed.
passage
2025-04-09
Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-04-09
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-08
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-25
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-21
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-21
LAWS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-21
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-14
Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-28
First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-26
Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-02-26
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-26
1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25).
substitution
2025-02-19
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-18
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-14
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-14
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-14
LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-14
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-04
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
2025-01-27
First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16)
2025-02-26 · pass · 33-15
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: no
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: other
- Kauffman: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- 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.: no
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13)
2025-04-09 · pass · 61-36
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: other
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: yes
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- 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: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5501&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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