---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the northeast Washington wolf-livestock management account."
description: "Concerning the northeast Washington wolf-livestock management account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5343"
citation: "Washington SB 5343 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd47a052-768d-4c8c-ae86-a71a8ba1bb42"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5343&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "b1aca34f0e5c27d56032169d4a496a8ae86b81550c2a7e013b14204c7d62adb6"
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 5343 (2025-2026) — Concerning the northeast Washington wolf-livestock management 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/5343.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5343.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Krishnadasan — 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.
- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** ANR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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`
- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 247, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** 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/cd47a052-768d-4c8c-ae86-a71a8ba1bb42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).