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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5485
Chapter 287, Laws of 2025
69TH LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM AND INSPECTION FEES—EXTENSION
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025
Passed by the Senate February 25, 2025
Yeas 49  Nays 0
JOHN LOVICK

President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 14, 2025
Yeas 96  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5485 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
SARAH BANNISTER

Secretary
Secretary
Approved May 15, 2025 1:56 PM
FILED
May 19, 2025

BOB FERGUSON

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

SENATE BILL 5485

Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session

By Senators Warnick, Chapman, and J. Wilson
Read first time 01/24/25. Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
AN ACT Relating to livestock identification; amending RCW 16.57.460; amending 2023 c 46 ss 7, 8, and 9 (uncodified); and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 16.57.460 and 2023 c 46 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The department shall submit a livestock inspection program report pursuant to RCW 43.01.036 by November 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, to the appropriate committees of the legislature having oversight over agriculture and fiscal matters. The report must also be submitted to the livestock identification advisory committee created in RCW 16.57.015. The report must include amounts collected, a report on program expenditures, and any recommendations for making the program more efficient, improving the program, or modifying livestock inspection fees to cover the costs of the program. The report must also address the financial status of the program, including whether there is a need to review fees so that the program continues to be supported by fees.
(2) This section expires July 1, ((2026 ))2030 .
Sec. 2. 2023 c 46 s 7 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
Sections 1, 5, 8, and 11 of this act expire July 1, ((2026 ))2030 .
Sec. 3. 2023 c 46 s 8 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
Sections 1, 3, 5, and 6 of this act expire July 1, ((2026 ))2030 .
Sec. 4. 2023 c 46 s 9 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
Section 2 of this act takes effect July 1, ((2026 ))2030 .
Passed by the Senate February 25, 2025.
Passed by the House April 14, 2025.
Approved by the Governor May 15, 2025.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 19, 2025.
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