CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5995
Chapter 75, Laws of 2026
69TH LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
PORT DISTRICTS—PURCHASE OF CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT—EXPIRATION DATE
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2026
Passed by the Senate February 11, 2026
  Yeas 31  Nays 18
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 4, 2026
  Yeas 77  Nays 17
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5995 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
SARAH BANNISTER
Secretary
Secretary
Approved March 16, 2026 10:50 AM
FILED
March 17, 2026
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington
SENATE BILL 5995
Passed Legislature - 2026 Regular Session
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
BySenators Salomon, J. Wilson, and Hasegawa
Prefiled 01/06/26.Read first time 01/12/26.Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to moneys available to a port district allocated for the purchase of zero and near zero emission cargo handling equipment; and amending RCW 53.58.010.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 53.58.010 and 2021 c 88 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Moneys available to a port district or a port development authority may be used to purchase zero and near zero emissions cargo handling equipment and infrastructure supporting that equipment for the use of the port district, port development authority, or tenants or lessees thereof.
(2) Moneys available to a port district or a port development authority shall not be used to purchase fully automated marine container cargo handling equipment.
(3) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Fully automated marine container cargo handling equipment" means equipment that is remotely operated or remotely monitored, with or without the exercise of human intervention or control.
(b) "Port development authority" means a port public development authority created by a single port district or jointly created by two port districts in accordance with RCW 53.57.020.
(((4) This section expires December 31, 2031.))
Passed by the Senate February 11, 2026.
Passed by the House March 4, 2026.
Approved by the Governor March 16, 2026.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 17, 2026.
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