republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/sb-5265.md

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Bill	Expanding minimum requirements for electrical inspectors to include certain out-of-state experience.	Expanding minimum requirements for electrical inspectors to include certain out-of-state experience.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	SB 5265	Washington SB 5265 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	King	3	25	2	2025-01-14	2025-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/58a9613f-d6f5-4560-8aa1-1a4303eb99bd	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5265&Year=2025&Initiative=false	9c07988af87a3b68550eb26072a28724ee87276c0df94657c896d7b4fedbee4f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5265 (2025-2026) — Expanding minimum requirements for electrical inspectors to include certain out-of-state experience.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — 46–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• King — primary (person)
• Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
• Chapman — cosponsor (person)
• Dozier — cosponsor (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-07 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-02-07 LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-07 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-07 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-10 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-02-19 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-02-26 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25). substitution
• 2025-02-26 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-02-26 Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-02-28 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. reading-1
• 2025-03-19 Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-03-28 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-03-28 LAWS - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-01 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-10 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-10 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2025-04-15 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-16 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-17 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-22 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-04-22 Chapter 132, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-04-22 Effective date 7/27/2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58a9613f-d6f5-4560-8aa1-1a4303eb99bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).