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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning open motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters."
description: "Concerning open motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5486"
citation: "Washington SB 5486 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27ed639e-44ab-4389-b8e0-235e3bc3689b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5486&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "345cf52a1ec36e921bfb5f368c498efa80d0005b46964d92d3abc209d2ff6182"
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 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](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5486.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5486-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5486-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5486-S.PL.htm)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27ed639e-44ab-4389-b8e0-235e3bc3689b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).