republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/sb-5294.md

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Bill	Transferring dedicated accounts for certain professional licenses to the business and professions account.	Transferring dedicated accounts for certain professional licenses to the business and professions account.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	SB 5294	Washington SB 5294 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Gildon	4	24	2	2025-01-16	2025-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/d6f9747b-d0ae-4a85-8d3e-ea4e57c8bcad	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5294&Year=2025&Initiative=false	6e24c983942061cb2019aaf2f496195643d7afb945e459077e426dd07edab398	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5294 (2025-2026) — Transferring dedicated accounts for certain professional licenses to the business and professions account.

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

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gildon — primary (person)
• Dozier — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-16 First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. reading-1
• 2025-01-23 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-01-29 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-01-29 BFT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-01-30 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-02-26 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-03-03 1st substitute bill substituted (BTE 25). substitution
• 2025-03-03 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-03 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-03 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-03-05 First reading, referred to Appropriations. reading-1
• 2025-03-17 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
• 2025-03-20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
• 2025-03-20 APP - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-15 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-15 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. 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 232, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-12 Effective date 1/1/2026. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6f9747b-d0ae-4a85-8d3e-ea4e57c8bcad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).