Concerning fifth-wheel travel trailers.

 S-4172.1

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5824

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senate Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators King, Chapman, Dozier, and Shewmake)

READ FIRST TIME 02/02/26.

AN ACT Relating to fifth-wheel travel trailers; and amending RCW 46.44.030 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 46.44.030 and 2020 c 110 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) It is unlawful for any person to operate upon the public highways of this state any vehicle having an overall length, with or without load, in excess of (( forty )) 40 feet. This restriction does not apply to (a) a municipal transit vehicle, (b) auto stage, private carrier bus, school bus, travel trailer, fifth-wheel travel trailer, or motor home with an overall length not to exceed (( forty-six )) 46 feet, (c) an articulated auto stage with an overall length not to exceed (( sixty-one )) 61 feet, excluding a bike rack up to four feet in length, or (d) an auto recycling carrier up to (( forty-two )) 42 feet in length manufactured prior to 2005.