---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees."
description: "Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5786"
citation: "Washington SB 5786 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/535ea363-8fb9-4ef3-8bfd-708b2d289dda"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5786&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "b5e9318251996e6bca22a68dc82e8081391ae9ffdd81ec29fed28bf071deccac"
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 5786 (2025-2026) — Increasing license, permit, and endorsement 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/5786.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5786-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5786-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5786-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **25–23** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Public hearing scheduled, but not heard in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-31** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-01** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-04-01** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-01** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-01** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Held on third reading.
- **2025-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-23** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 51; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-25** Passed final passage; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 343, 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/535ea363-8fb9-4ef3-8bfd-708b2d289dda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).