---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the installation of transportation electrification infrastructure."
description: "Concerning the installation of transportation electrification infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5528"
citation: "Washington SB 5528 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a14ed7a1-f760-4945-97fb-2784dc95737a"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5528&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "baab3ddacfe43b320371bbec2bad0a4c05d467e9793cfa68b82917aecebb1c68"
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 5528 (2025-2026) — Concerning the installation of transportation electrification infrastructure.

## 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/5528.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5528-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5528-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **29–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **62–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-11** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-11** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-11** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** 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, 29; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 233, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** Effective date 1/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a14ed7a1-f760-4945-97fb-2784dc95737a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).