BILL · 2025–26 SESSION
SB 5599: Commercial fishery licenses
Concerning commercial fishery licenses.
Summary
- Establishes a Hood Canal beach seine salmon license for $380 for a resident and $765 for a nonresident.
- Allows only current holders of a Hood Canal experimental beach seine permit to apply for the new license by December 1, 2025.
From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5599), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 30, 2025
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Drew MacEwen (R-35)
- Introduced
- January 30, 2025 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 2026
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to commercial fishery licenses;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Drew MacEwen (R-35)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.
SB 5599 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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