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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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