The main objective of this paper is to design an electronically scanning reflectarray antenna for the RFID system to precisely identify and locate the tags. The RA consists of a novel cell design utilizing a varactor diode to provide the phase shifts required to steer the beam in a certain direction. The cell used in the design is Split Slotted Dipole (SSD) that provide minimum re-radiation loss and sufficient phase range and phase slope. The achievable phase range is 300° over the frequency range from 4.8 GHz to 5.9 GHz. Finally, we achieved a steerable directive beam with a beamwidth of 16° from -65° to +65° with low Side Lobe Level (SLL) and a considerable high gain from 14 dB to 17 dB over the operating frequency range.