ESSB 5281: Changing the vessel length requirement in obtaining nonresident vessel permits.
Signed into law: Chapter 244, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Chapman
- Introduced
- January 15, 2025
- Status
- C 244 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 9/1/2025. (May 12, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Increases the allowable maximum length of nonresident vessels that are commercially owned or intended for chartering purposes, for the purposes of obtaining a nonresident vessel permit from the Department of Licensing, from 200 to 300 feet. Requires a fee for a nonresident vessel permit for commercially owned vessels between 201 and 300 feet of $100 per foot of vessel length, beginning May 1, 2026.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 15, 202594 yea · 3 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 19, 202548 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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