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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating several new special license plates."
+description: "Creating several new special license plates."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5444"
+citation: "Washington SB 5444 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-23"
+last_action: "2025-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fabe3a98-57d6-4fe2-84dd-c57b9ad7fded"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5444&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "90ecc460136365799ea505e9f972c867fbdd2db990d2fdd4cc5424cb1ba23f66"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington SB 5444 (2025-2026) — Creating several new special license plates.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5444.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5444-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5444-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **45–3** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cortes — primary (person)
+- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-08** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-18** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-04-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-21** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 9:00 AM.
+- **2025-04-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 9:00 AM.
+- **2025-04-23** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-24** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-04-24** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-04-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-25** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2025-04-25** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 1; 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`
+- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-20** Chapter 385, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-20** Effective date 7/27/2025*. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fabe3a98-57d6-4fe2-84dd-c57b9ad7fded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+