---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transferring dedicated accounts for certain professional licenses to the business and professions account."
description: "Transferring dedicated accounts for certain professional licenses to the business and professions account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5294"
citation: "Washington SB 5294 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gildon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6f9747b-d0ae-4a85-8d3e-ea4e57c8bcad"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5294&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6e24c983942061cb2019aaf2f496195643d7afb945e459077e426dd07edab398"
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 5294 (2025-2026) — Transferring dedicated accounts for certain professional licenses to the business and professions account.

## 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/5294.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5294-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5294-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5294-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gildon — primary (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-29** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-29** BFT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (BTE 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-20** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** 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, 97; nays, 0; 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`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 232, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** 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/d6f9747b-d0ae-4a85-8d3e-ea4e57c8bcad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).