---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning livestock identification."
description: "Concerning livestock identification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5485"
citation: "Washington SB 5485 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bd00469-afc1-46fb-b379-55d1dca58d82"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5485&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "338fd9b844d00572e32e81f07eceeb9cbdbad3efa9d91538bca2a9dde5b3837a"
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 5485 (2025-2026) — Concerning livestock identification.

## 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/5485.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5485.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Warnick — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-13** ANR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 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`
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **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** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Chapter 287, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-15** 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/9bd00469-afc1-46fb-b379-55d1dca58d82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).