---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses."
description: "Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5583"
citation: "Washington SB 5583 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5456502-2d81-4d90-aee7-0da353a3882d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5583&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "9613fb246223a664211e0098453370527a9b10202b5e3ae90a3144706d7c2ca3"
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 5583 (2025-2026) — Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses.

## 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/5583.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5583-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5583-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **51–46** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **25–24** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-20** ANR - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2025-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 51; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 328, 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/f5456502-2d81-4d90-aee7-0da353a3882d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).