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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5501: Employee driving requirement

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 5501 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Concerning employer requirements for driving. Primary sponsor: Derek Stanford (D). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2025): Governor signed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to employer requirements for driving;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Derek StanfordPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate1
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Rebecca SaldañaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor signed.
  2. Chapter 115, 2025 Laws.
  3. Effective date 7/27/2025.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. Speaker signed.
  6. President signed.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  9. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  10. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  11. LAWS - Majority; do pass.
  12. Minority; without recommendation.

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page