---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning transportation resources."
description: "Concerning transportation resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5801"
citation: "Washington SB 5801 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89b8f5a8-d735-437b-825a-be279b730bfd"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5801&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "dfa3b7431a18fc50747c9e77fec8326accf2a2269c44affe788f9eb0f4efcef0"
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 5801 (2025-2026) — Concerning transportation resources.

## 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/5801.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5801-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5801-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5801-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **31–17** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **51–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-25** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-27** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-29** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-29** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-23** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 51; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-25** Passed final passage; yeas, 31; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 417, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-23** 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/89b8f5a8-d735-437b-825a-be279b730bfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).