---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the locations where a person can be guilty of unlawful transit conduct to include the Washington state ferries."
description: "Expanding the locations where a person can be guilty of unlawful transit conduct to include the Washington state ferries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5716"
citation: "Washington SB 5716 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krishnadasan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d721f36-4f1d-4395-9e93-4b505734fdfa"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5716&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "fcb9443535a7e679c5ab72c7ad5210552c5dfcda825507c38aea3e2f517004a5"
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 5716 (2025-2026) — Expanding the locations where a person can be guilty of unlawful transit conduct to include the Washington state ferries.

## 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/5716.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5716.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krishnadasan — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** 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`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 234, 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/2d721f36-4f1d-4395-9e93-4b505734fdfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).