---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers."
description: "Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5653"
citation: "Washington SB 5653 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f84010-99ef-409b-8068-3b020735c259"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5653&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "636c51015aab960663b8e96f8e6e153adb6fa7b0026f44838040ad2d15917ac7"
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 5653 (2025-2026) — Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers.

## 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/5653.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5653.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-21** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **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; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 322, 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/e6f84010-99ef-409b-8068-3b020735c259`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).