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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers."
+description: "Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5653"
+citation: "Washington SB 5653 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-04"
+last_action: "2025-05-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f84010-99ef-409b-8068-3b020735c259"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5653&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "636c51015aab960663b8e96f8e6e153adb6fa7b0026f44838040ad2d15917ac7"
+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 5653 (2025-2026) — Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers.
+
+## 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/5653.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5653.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chapman — primary (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-04** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-21** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `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`
+- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-28** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-21** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-17** Chapter 322, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-17** 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/e6f84010-99ef-409b-8068-3b020735c259`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+