---
type: "Bill"
title: "Streamlining the toll rate setting process at the transportation commission."
description: "Streamlining the toll rate setting process at the transportation commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5702"
citation: "Washington SB 5702 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/729075d3-6ddf-42eb-b7eb-327afc927cba"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5702&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "cf7066d2605c39c4cdca98db3e8d2b3006353af3f1c1d94776f3122187f831e9"
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 5702 (2025-2026) — Streamlining the toll rate setting process at the transportation commission.

## 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/5702.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5702.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **69–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Goehner — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20** Public hearing scheduled, but not heard in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16** Chapter 293, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-16** 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/729075d3-6ddf-42eb-b7eb-327afc927cba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).