---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning employer requirements for driving."
description: "Concerning employer requirements for driving."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5501"
citation: "Washington SB 5501 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d261d68-7113-400b-a9ca-6913be48a1f6"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5501&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6dfeba69765e4207721d843755f2048fcdaa81016370561c187b8d19e1b6c7b1"
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 5501 (2025-2026) — Concerning employer requirements for driving.

## 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/5501.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5501-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5501-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **33–15** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **61–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-14** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Chapter 115, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-22** 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/4d261d68-7113-400b-a9ca-6913be48a1f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).