republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/sb-5486.md

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Bill	Concerning open motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters.	Concerning open motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	SB 5486	Washington SB 5486 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Orwall	4	36	3	2025-01-24	2025-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/27ed639e-44ab-4389-b8e0-235e3bc3689b	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5486&Year=2025&Initiative=false	345cf52a1ec36e921bfb5f368c498efa80d0005b46964d92d3abc209d2ff6182	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5486 (2025-2026) — Concerning open motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — 34–14 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — 45–3 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — 84–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Orwall — primary (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Trudeau — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-24 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2025-02-04 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-02-06 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-06 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-06 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-06 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-06 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-02-07 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-02-28 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-28 WM - Majority; without recommendation.
• 2025-02-28 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-28 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-03-05 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-03-11 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 25). substitution
• 2025-03-11 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-03-13 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. reading-1
• 2025-03-25 Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-03-28 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-03-28 CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-28 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-01 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-10 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2025-04-10 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-10 Third reading, passed; yeas, 84; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2025-04-22 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2025-04-22 Passed final passage; yeas, 34; nays, 14; 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
• 2025-05-19 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-05-19 Chapter 355, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-19 Effective date 1/1/2026. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27ed639e-44ab-4389-b8e0-235e3bc3689b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).