BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5590: Livestock wolf predation

Protecting livestock from wolf predation.

Summary

Directs the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to establish a three-year pilot program to evaluate the effectiveness of authorizing the taking of the first wolf that returns to a livestock predation site.
Directs WDFW to report back to the Legislature regarding the pilot program by December 1, 2028.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5590), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to protecting livestock from wolf predation;

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 5590 (2023–24) Mt. St. Helens license plate · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5590 (2021–22) Marine resources ad. council · Enacted · Chapter 91, Laws of 2022
SB 5590 (2019–20) School depreciation subfunds · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5590 (2017–18) Illegal vehicle wrecking ops · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5590 (2015–16) Medicaid managed health care · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5590 (2013–14) Commercial motor vehicles · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5590 (2011–12) Foreclosure sales/liens · Enacted · Chapter 364, Laws of 2011
SB 5590 (2009–10) Flood control zone districts · Did not pass · died in committee