---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the current backlog of vehicle inspections."
description: "Addressing the current backlog of vehicle inspections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5462"
citation: "Washington SB 5462 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braun"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5b1007c-855b-4227-a070-0a83d5b1fdd2"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5462&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "f74087baddba47e09de178b256600fb36286a22a4011ef81dd791ff749b8f7aa"
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 5462 (2025-2026) — Addressing the current backlog of vehicle inspections.

## 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/5462.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5462.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Braun — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-06** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-06** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-12** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-19** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** 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, 94; nays, 0; 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 10, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-04** Effective date 7/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5b1007c-855b-4227-a070-0a83d5b1fdd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).