---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing shared streets."
description: "Establishing shared streets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5595"
citation: "Washington SB 5595 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffebd51a-3405-4d78-9c3b-67ed9ee8dbe2"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5595&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ff624f542f475d022ef934c9ad144c299d37f6feca52eead5b222eded9d8b3a3"
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 5595 (2025-2026) — Establishing shared streets.

## 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/5595.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5595.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5595.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **64–32** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **31–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-13** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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`
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 31; nays, 18; 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`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 300, 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/ffebd51a-3405-4d78-9c3b-67ed9ee8dbe2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).