---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating additional requirements for collector vehicle and horseless carriage license plates to improve compliance and public safety."
description: "Creating additional requirements for collector vehicle and horseless carriage license plates to improve compliance and public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5127"
citation: "Washington SB 5127 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-02"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8742cecd-4d4d-4d43-a0bb-1ee2c7599570"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5127&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "bf21e4424a7702296781e9538ba3a82297ddfcfc6fa577b900ba04a35d2ad351"
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 5127 (2025-2026) — Creating additional requirements for collector vehicle and horseless carriage license plates to improve compliance and public safety.

## 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/5127.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5127-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5127-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **76–21** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **33–15** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **33–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-01-30** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-06** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-06** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-06** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-06** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** 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 with amendment(s). `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`
- **2025-04-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **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 332, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** Effective date 1/15/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8742cecd-4d4d-4d43-a0bb-1ee2c7599570`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).