Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 6 D · 4 R cosponsors

SB 5746 — Creating an advisory committee on electric vehicle charger infrastructure property crime.

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 13, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

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Likely to advance 74% · high confidence

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  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 D · 4 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Bill Text

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Plain-language change summary

The recent changes to Bill SB 5746 involve the removal of some procedural language and a revision of the bill’s version designation. Specifically, the bill now emphasizes the need for the interagency electric vehicle coordinating council to tackle property crimes related to electric vehicle chargers, maintaining its original intent while simplifying its presentation. This matters because it ensures a focused effort on protecting infrastructure crucial for the adoption of electric vehicles, ultimately aiding in the transition to cleaner transportation.

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S-1395.1 SENATE BILL 5746 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators J.
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5746 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators J.
adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW;
amending RCW 42.56.270;
creating a new section;
(1) The department of commerce, along with the department of transportation, shall convene an advisory committee on electric vehicle charger infrastructure property crime that is established with members as provided in this section.
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated in the omnibus transportation appropriations act for this specific purpose, the interagency electric vehicle coordinating council created under RCW 43.392.030, through its industry electric vehicle advisory committee or another appropriate ad hoc committee, must address electric vehicle charger infrastructure property crime.
The advisory committee must include at least:
For purposes of this section, the committee may include the following additional members:
(d) Two representatives from the electric vehicle services equipment industry whereby both level 2 and level 3 charging providers are included;
1 SB 5746 (e) One representative from a local governmental agency or association representing a city whereby electric vehicle charger property crime is impacting the agency's or association's community;
1 ESB 5746 (d) Two representatives from the electric vehicle services equipment industry whereby both level 2 and level 3 charging providers are included;
(e) One representative from a local governmental agency or association representing a city whereby electric vehicle charger property crime is impacting the agency's or association's community;
and (i) One representative with technical expertise in the electric vehicle charging industry.
(i) One representative with technical expertise in the electric vehicle charging industry;
(2) The members of the advisory committee shall be appointed by the secretary of the department of commerce.
(j) One representative of the workforce performing electric vehicle charger installations;
Members must reflect the geographic, racial, and ethnic diversity of the state of Washington and be inclusive of historically marginalized communities.
(k) One representative of electric vehicle charging station site hosts;
(3) The advisory committee shall:
(l) One representative of electric vehicle drivers;
and (m) Any other representative deemed necessary by the council, including representatives from organizations or industries with technical expertise or representing communities with lived experience.
(2) Based on the advice of the committee, the interagency electric vehicle coordinating council shall:
(c) Submit an annual report detailing its findings, recommendations, and activities to the appropriate committees of the legislature and the governor by December 1st of each year.
(c) Submit its findings, recommendations, and activities as part of the interagency electric vehicle coordinating council's annual report to the appropriate committees of the legislature.
(4) The advisory committee members shall preserve the right to maintain and protect trade secrets, subject to existing trade secret laws and rules.
(4) The interagency electric vehicle coordinating council shall ensure the committee meets and reports at council meetings regularly.
(5) The department of commerce and the department of transportation shall regularly consult with the advisory committee.
(5) This section expires July 1, 2027.
The department of commerce shall convene the advisory committee for its initial meeting by November 1, 2025.
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The advisory committee shall be staffed by the department of commerce.
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(6) This section expires December 31, 2030.
NEW SECTION.
Sec.
Section 1 of this act constitutes a new chapter in Title 43 RCW.
RCW 42.56.270 and 2023 c 340 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:
The following financial, commercial, and proprietary information is exempt from disclosure under this chapter:
(1) Valuable formulae, designs, drawings, computer source code or object code, and research data obtained by any agency within five years of the request for disclosure when disclosure would produce private gain and public loss;
(2) Financial information supplied by or on behalf of a person, firm, or corporation for the purpose of qualifying to submit a bid or proposal for (a) a ferry system construction or repair contract as required by RCW 47.60.680 through 47.60.750;
(b) highway construction or improvement as required by RCW 47.28.070;
or (c) alternative public works contracting procedures as required by RCW 39.10.200 through 39.10.905;
(3) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by private persons pertaining to export services provided under chapters 43.163 and 53.31 RCW, and by persons pertaining to export projects under RCW 43.23.035;
(4) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by businesses or individuals during application for loans or program services provided by chapters 43.325, 43.163, 43.160, 43.330, 43.168, and 43.181 RCW and RCW 43.155.160, or during application for economic development loans or program services provided by any local agency;
(5) Financial information, business plans, examination reports, and any information produced or obtained in evaluating or examining a business and industrial development corporation organized or seeking certification under chapter 31.24 RCW;
(6) Financial and commercial information supplied to the state investment board by any person when the information relates to the investment of public trust or retirement funds and when disclosure would result in loss to such funds or in private loss to the providers of this information;
(7) Financial and valuable trade information under RCW 51.36.120;
(8) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research information and data submitted to or obtained by the clean Washington center in applications for, or delivery of, program services under chapter 70.95H RCW;
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3 ESB 5746 (9) Financial and commercial information requested by the public stadium authority from any person or organization that leases or uses the stadium and exhibition center as defined in RCW 36.102.010;
(10)(a) Financial information, including but not limited to account numbers and values, and other identification numbers supplied by or on behalf of a person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other entity related to an application for a horse racing license submitted pursuant to RCW 67.16.260(1)(b), cannabis producer, processor, or retailer license, liquor license, gambling license, or lottery retail license;
(b) Internal control documents, independent auditors' reports and financial statements, and supporting documents:
(i) Of house-banked social card game licensees required by the gambling commission pursuant to rules adopted under chapter 9.46 RCW;
or (ii) submitted by tribes with an approved tribal/state compact for class III gaming;
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(c) Valuable formulae or financial or proprietary commercial information records received during a consultative visit or while providing consultative services to a licensed cannabis business in accordance with RCW 69.50.561;
(11) Proprietary data, trade secrets, or other information that relates to:
(a) A vendor's unique methods of conducting business;
(b) data unique to the product or services of the vendor;
or (c) determining prices or rates to be charged for services, submitted by any vendor to the department of social and health services or the health care authority for purposes of the development, acquisition, or implementation of state purchased health care as defined in RCW 41.05.011;
(12)(a) When supplied to and in the records of the department of commerce:
(i) Financial and proprietary information collected from any person and provided to the department of commerce pursuant to RCW 43.330.050(8);
(ii) Financial or proprietary information collected from any person and provided to the department of commerce or the office of the governor in connection with the siting, recruitment, expansion, retention, or relocation of that person's business and until a siting decision is made, identifying information of any person supplying information under this subsection and the locations being considered for siting, relocation, or expansion of a business;
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4 ESB 5746 (iii) Financial or proprietary information collected from any person and provided to the department of commerce pursuant to RCW 43.31.625 (3)(b) and (4);
and (iv) Proprietary information identified by private sector entities and provided to the department of commerce under section 1 of this act;
(b) When developed by the department of commerce based on information as described in (a)(i) of this subsection, any work product is not exempt from disclosure;
(c) For the purposes of this subsection, "siting decision" means the decision to acquire or not to acquire a site;
(d) If there is no written contact for a period of 60 days to the department of commerce from a person connected with siting, recruitment, expansion, retention, or relocation of that person's business, information described in (a)(ii) of this subsection will be available to the public under this chapter;
(13) Financial and proprietary information submitted to or obtained by the department of ecology or the authority created under chapter 70A.500 RCW to implement chapter 70A.500 RCW;
(14) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research information and data submitted to or obtained by the life sciences discovery fund authority in applications for, or delivery of, grants under RCW 43.330.502, to the extent that such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in private loss to the providers of this information;
(15) Financial and commercial information provided as evidence to the department of licensing as required by RCW 19.112.110 or 19.112.120, except information disclosed in aggregate form that does not permit the identification of information related to individual fuel licensees;
(16) Any production records, mineral assessments, and trade secrets submitted by a permit holder, mine operator, or landowner to the department of natural resources under RCW 78.44.085;
(17)(a) Farm plans developed by conservation districts, unless permission to release the farm plan is granted by the landowner or operator who requested the plan, or the farm plan is used for the application or issuance of a permit;
(b) Farm plans developed under chapter 90.48 RCW and not under the federal clean water act, 33 U.S.C.
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1251 et seq., are subject to RCW 42.56.610 and 90.64.190;
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5 ESB 5746 (18) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research information and data submitted to or obtained by a health sciences and services authority in applications for, or delivery of, grants under RCW 35.104.010 through 35.104.060, to the extent that such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in private loss to providers of this information;
(19) Information gathered under chapter 19.85 RCW or RCW 34.05.328 that can be identified to a particular business;
(20) Financial and commercial information submitted to or obtained by the University of Washington, other than information the university is required to disclose under RCW 28B.20.150, when the information relates to investments in private funds, to the extent that such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in loss to the University of Washington consolidated endowment fund or to result in private loss to the providers of this information;
(21) Market share data submitted by a manufacturer under RCW 70A.500.190(4);
(22) Financial information supplied to the department of financial institutions, when filed by or on behalf of an issuer of securities for the purpose of obtaining the exemption from state securities registration for small securities offerings provided under RCW 21.20.880 or when filed by or on behalf of an investor for the purpose of purchasing such securities;
(23) Unaggregated or individual notices of a transfer of crude oil that is financial, proprietary, or commercial information, submitted to the department of ecology pursuant to RCW 90.56.565(1)(a), and that is in the possession of the department of ecology or any entity with which the department of ecology has shared the notice pursuant to RCW 90.56.565;
(24) Financial institution and retirement account information, and building security plan information, supplied to the liquor and cannabis board pursuant to RCW 69.50.325, 69.50.331, 69.50.342, and 69.50.345, when filed by or on behalf of a licensee or prospective licensee for the purpose of obtaining, maintaining, or renewing a license to produce, process, transport, or sell cannabis as allowed under chapter 69.50 RCW;
(25) Cannabis transport information, vehicle and driver identification data, and account numbers or unique access identifiers issued to private entities for traceability system access, submitted p.
6 ESB 5746 by an individual or business to the liquor and cannabis board under the requirements of RCW 69.50.325, 69.50.331, 69.50.342, and 69.50.345 for the purpose of cannabis product traceability.
Disclosure to local, state, and federal officials is not considered public disclosure for purposes of this section;
(26) Financial and commercial information submitted to or obtained by the retirement board of any city that is responsible for the management of an employees' retirement system pursuant to the authority of chapter 35.39 RCW, when the information relates to investments in private funds, to the extent that such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in loss to the retirement fund or to result in private loss to the providers of this information except that (a) the names and commitment amounts of the private funds in which retirement funds are invested and (b) the aggregate quarterly performance results for a retirement fund's portfolio of investments in such funds are subject to disclosure;
(27) Proprietary financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research information and data submitted to or obtained by the liquor and cannabis board in applications for cannabis research licenses under RCW 69.50.372, or in reports submitted by cannabis research licensees in accordance with rules adopted by the liquor and cannabis board under RCW 69.50.372;
(28) Trade secrets, technology, proprietary information, and financial considerations contained in any agreements or contracts, entered into by a licensed cannabis business under RCW 69.50.395, which may be submitted to or obtained by the state liquor and cannabis board;
(29) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research information and data submitted to or obtained by the Andy Hill cancer research endowment program in applications for, or delivery of, grants under chapter 43.348 RCW, to the extent that such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in private loss to providers of this information;
(30) Proprietary information filed with the department of health under chapter 69.48 RCW;
(31) Records filed with the department of ecology under chapter 70A.515 RCW that a court has determined are confidential valuable commercial information under RCW 70A.515.130;
and (32) Unaggregated financial, proprietary, or commercial information submitted to or obtained by the liquor and cannabis board p.
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Action History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file.

  2. Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.

  3. Passed to Rules Committee for third reading.

  4. Minority; do not pass.

  5. TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

  6. Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.

  7. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.

  8. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Transportation.

  9. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  10. By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

  11. Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.

  12. First reading, referred to Transportation.

  13. Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

  14. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

  15. Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  16. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

  17. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  18. TRAN - Majority; do pass.

  19. Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.

  20. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.

  21. First reading, referred to Transportation.

Sponsors

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Votes

Passed 49 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 30000
Republican 19000
Total 49000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Adrian Cortes Democrat Yea
Annette Cleveland Democrat Yea
Bill Ramos Democrat Yea
Bob Hasegawa Democrat Yea
Claire Wilson Democrat Yea
Claudia Kauffman Democrat Yea
Deborah Krishnadasan Democrat Yea
Derek Stanford Democrat Yea
Drew Hansen Democrat Yea
Emily Alvarado Democrat Yea
Jamie Pedersen Democrat Yea
Javier Valdez Democrat Yea
Jesse Salomon Democrat Yea
Jessica Bateman Democrat Yea
John Lovick Democrat Yea
June Robinson Democrat Yea
Lisa Wellman Democrat Yea
Liz Lovelett Democrat Yea
Manka Dhingra Democrat Yea
Marcus Riccelli Democrat Yea
Marko Liias Democrat Yea
Mike Chapman Democrat Yea
Noel Frame Democrat Yea
Rebecca Saldaña Democrat Yea
Sharon Shewmake Democrat Yea
Steve Conway Democrat Yea
T'wina Nobles Democrat Yea
Tina Orwall Democrat Yea
Vandana Slatter Democrat Yea
Yasmin Trudeau Democrat Yea
Chris Gildon Republican Yea
Curtis King Republican Yea
Drew MacEwen Republican Yea
Jeff Holy Republican Yea
Jeff Wilson Republican Yea
Jim McCune Republican Yea
John Braun Republican Yea
Judy Warnick Republican Yea
Keith Goehner Republican Yea
Keith Wagoner Republican Yea
Leonard Christian Republican Yea
Mark Schoesler Republican Yea
Matt Boehnke Republican Yea
Nikki Torres Republican Yea
Paul Harris Republican Yea
Perry Dozier Republican Yea
Phil Fortunato Republican Yea
Ron Muzzall Republican Yea
Shelly Short Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 5746?
SB 5746 is sponsored by Jesse Salomon (Democrat), T'wina Nobles (Democrat), Mike Chapman (Democrat), Leonard Christian (Republican), and Jeff Wilson (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 5746?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 13, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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