SB 5649 Washington Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Creating a Washington state supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program.

SB 5649 establishes the Washington state supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program to enhance the state's ability to compete in global trade. The bill creates a collaborative process involving state agencies and various supply chain stakeholders to set priorities for infrastructure investments. It also creates a dedicated account in the state treasury to provide grants and revolving loans. These funds are for public ports and federally recognized tribal governments with port operations, to improve ground and maritime transportation and facilities. Projects must align with goals such as economic, safety, or environmental benefits for freight movement, and sustaining international trade.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Jan 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026

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What changed between versions

Bill → Engrossed Bill · 8 edits · Jan 21, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was updated to reflect its progression from a Senate bill to an Engrossed version, incorporating additional legislative references and clarifying the timeline for when different sections take effect and expire. The changes ensure the bill accurately cites all relevant prior laws and establishes specific conditions, such as the expiration of RCW 74.76.040, that determine when the new funding provisions become active or end.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability was expanded by adding multiple new legislative citations (e.g., 2025 c 417 s 802) to the list of laws being amended, ensuring the bill covers a broader range of existing statutes.

TECHNICAL

The title was updated from 'SENATE BILL' to 'ENGROSSED SENATE BILL' to indicate the bill has been amended by the House of Representatives.

The summary of the act was expanded to include references to 'contingent effective dates' and 'contingent expiration dates' to reflect new conditional timelines added to the bill.

SCOPE

Section 7 was amended to include additional legislative citations (2025 c 417 s 802, 2025 c 399 s 15, 2025 c 359 s 12, and 2025 c 299 s 21) alongside the original 2024 citations.

Section 8 was amended to include additional legislative citations (2025 c 417 s 802, 2025 c 399 s 15, and 2025 c 299 s 21) alongside the original 2024 citations.

TIMELINE

New Sections 9 and 10 were added to amend existing treasury laws, replacing the previous standalone Sections 9 and 10 that only set expiration and effective dates.

New Sections 11 and 12 were added to amend additional treasury laws, expanding the number of statutes affected by this bill.

Section 13 was revised to establish contingent expiration dates for Sections 7, 9, and 11, linking their lifespan to the expiration of RCW 74.76.040.

Section 14 was revised to establish contingent effective dates for Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, linking their start dates to the expiration of RCW 74.76.040 or specific calendar dates.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 21, 2026

How they voted

51–0

Passed

Total votes 51

Jan 21, 2026

D Democratic31

31 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

20 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:30 AM.

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Committee

Referred to Transportation.

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

TEDV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Floor amendment(s) adopted.

upper

Jan 12, 2026

Introduced

By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Committee

Referred to Transportation.

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

TEDV - Majority; do pass.

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 9:00 AM.

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

TRAN - Majority; do pass.

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.

upper

1 primary · 8 co-sponsors