---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees."
description: "Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5319"
citation: "Washington SB 5319 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shewmake"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c95d872-0fcf-402b-89b6-e12f8cd52a10"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5319&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "25b3aef7f5aee64ecf5e6ae5bd32bb004f639b991eff4d41dba528bdc1ffed11"
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 5319 (2025-2026) — Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees.

## 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/5319.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5319.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **27–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **60–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **28–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shewmake — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-20** ANR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-04-02** AGNR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-02** 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 with amendment(s) by Agriculture & Natural Resources. `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`
- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 326, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** 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/0c95d872-0fcf-402b-89b6-e12f8cd52a10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).