BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5482: Use of dogs to hunt

Concerning the use of dogs to hunt black bear, cougar, or bobcat.

Summary

Removes the exemption allowing an employee or agents of a county to hunt black bear, cougar, or bobcat with the aid of a dog.
Provides that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife may authorize an employee or agents of a county agency to conduct a cougar public safety response with the aid of a dog or dogs.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5482), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the use of dogs to hunt black bear, cougar, or bobcat;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5482 (2023–24) Margin tax · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5482 (2021–22) Additive trans funding · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5482 (2019–20) Medical marijuana auth db · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5482 (2017–18) Affordable housing funding · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5482 (2015–16) GPS data disclosure · Enacted · Chapter 91, Laws of 2015
SB 5482 (2013–14) Affordable care act · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5482 (2011–12) Human trafficking victims · Enacted · Chapter 110, Laws of 2011
SB 5482 (2009–10) 2- and 3-wheeled vehicles · Enacted · Chapter 275, Laws of 2009