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type: "Bill"
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title: "Improving safe excavation practices and preventing damage to underground utilities."
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description: "Improving safe excavation practices and preventing damage to underground utilities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "SB 5627"
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citation: "Washington SB 5627 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-31"
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last_action: "2025-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04742284-8799-47f0-8701-eff55821efc0"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5627&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "f7d3d13df31782ca34d6b9fb87edd28b44906c256c1c880849c0a00344c803f6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 5627 (2025-2026) — Improving safe excavation practices and preventing damage to underground utilities.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5627.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5627-S.E.htm)
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3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5627-S.htm)
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4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5627-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ramos — primary (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
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- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-31** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-21** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-21** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENET 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-08** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
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- **2025-03-26** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
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- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-03-27** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-07** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Environment & Energy. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-16** Chapter 292, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-16** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04742284-8799-47f0-8701-eff55821efc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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