ESSB 5294: Transferring dedicated accounts for certain professional licenses to the business and professions account.

What this bill does

Repeals six accounts administered by the Department of Licensing and adds the related businesses and professions to the list of professions for which all receipts from licenses and other fees must be deposited into the Business and Professions Account. Transfers fund balances from the six repealed accounts to the Business and Professions Account. Requires the Department of Licensing to report annually on expenditures and revenues for each of the professions that use the Business and Professions Account.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 15, 2025
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 3, 2025
  49 yea · 0 nay

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