---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning compensation in frontier counties for deer and elk damage."
description: "Concerning compensation in frontier counties for deer and elk damage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5165"
citation: "Washington SB 5165 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18b4c251-cce2-4807-aded-de8f47843eb4"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5165&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "16fb6bed0277360376a1c48949f5570e1c3a887770c5331ba71f6dae475b4d65"
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 5165 (2025-2026) — Concerning compensation in frontier counties for deer and elk damage.

## 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/5165.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5165-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5165-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** ANR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted (ANR 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-24** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** AGNR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Chapter 185, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-30** 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/18b4c251-cce2-4807-aded-de8f47843eb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).