---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding minimum requirements for electrical inspectors to include certain out-of-state experience."
description: "Expanding minimum requirements for electrical inspectors to include certain out-of-state experience."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5265"
citation: "Washington SB 5265 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58a9613f-d6f5-4560-8aa1-1a4303eb99bd"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5265&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "9c07988af87a3b68550eb26072a28724ee87276c0df94657c896d7b4fedbee4f"
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 5265 (2025-2026) — Expanding minimum requirements for electrical inspectors to include certain out-of-state experience.

## 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/5265.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5265-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5265-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-07** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 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`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Chapter 132, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-22** 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/58a9613f-d6f5-4560-8aa1-1a4303eb99bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).