---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding the department of natural resources' civil enforcement decisions under RCW 76.04.205 to appeals that may be heard by the pollution control hearings board."
description: "Adding the department of natural resources' civil enforcement decisions under RCW 76.04.205 to appeals that may be heard by the pollution control hearings board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5334"
citation: "Washington SB 5334 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b99aa745-9477-444d-9a0f-92f4ce0e01f1"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5334&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "3cb6c60da0babae052558247e981d86406bcc892757631fd538ac779a3526306"
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 5334 (2025-2026) — Adding the department of natural resources' civil enforcement decisions under RCW 76.04.205 to appeals that may be heard by the pollution control hearings board.

## 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/5334.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5334.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-17** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** ANR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2025-02-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-18** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-04-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-04-02** AGNR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 327, 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/b99aa745-9477-444d-9a0f-92f4ce0e01f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).