---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning broadcasters."
description: "Concerning broadcasters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5457"
citation: "Washington SB 5457 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e01887e-127c-44ab-b859-0e6bbd9ee94e"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5457&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "5e373648e6c51cb2eb0f50eba99166f5ff8e7bbe0e6fe2f5936f0016efe71e08"
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 5457 (2025-2026) — Concerning broadcasters.

## 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/5457.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5457.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **92–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frame — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-13** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-20** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Chapter 9, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-04** 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/1e01887e-127c-44ab-b859-0e6bbd9ee94e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).