WA SB 5689

enacted

Adding blood type information to drivers' licenses and identicards.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5689 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5689 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-12. Latest recorded action (2025-05-12): Effective date 1/1/2026.

What is WA SB 5689 about?

WA SB 5689 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Adding blood type information to drivers' licenses and identicards.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5689?

Harris is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5689, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-05-12 — Effective date 1/1/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-06
First reading, referred to Transportation.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-20
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-27
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-27
TRAN - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-28
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-03
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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2025-03-05
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-03-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
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2025-03-07
First reading, referred to Transportation.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-19
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.
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2025-04-15
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-04-15
Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 2.
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2025-04-18
President signed.
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2025-04-18
Speaker signed.
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2025-04-22
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-05-12
Governor signed.
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2025-05-12
Chapter 217, 2025 Laws.
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2025-05-12
Effective date 1/1/2026.
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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18)
2025-03-05 · 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 (#2)
2025-04-15 · pass · 82-14
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- 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: 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: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: no
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: no
- Paul: other
- Penner: no
- 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: no
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: no
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- 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=5689&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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