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type: "Bill"
title: "Modernizing the adopt-a-highway program to improve its ability to meet its original purpose within existing fiscal limitations."
description: "Modernizing the adopt-a-highway program to improve its ability to meet its original purpose within existing fiscal limitations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5556"
citation: "Washington SB 5556 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c26f56de-e00c-4255-8030-acea135b2d75"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5556&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "a6e44adde352627a0daf9b59b749c5858bfa274b1a56e10825c17126bb8798ae"
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 5556 (2025-2026) — Modernizing the adopt-a-highway program to improve its ability to meet its original purpose within existing fiscal limitations.
## 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/5556.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5556-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5556-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **92–3** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ramos — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-28** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-13** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-04** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16** Chapter 291, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-16** Effective date 7/27/2025*. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c26f56de-e00c-4255-8030-acea135b2d75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).