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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning roadside safety measures."
+description: "Concerning roadside safety measures."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 5023"
+citation: "Washington SB 5023 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Wilson"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-12-06"
+last_action: "2023-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe829a2e-804d-4383-be0e-aed025ae15fe"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5023&year=2023"
+source_hash: "2274653e9ebdf9d234b98ebbb6ecdb1b6571b6fb9cc9a04ade2bfdf01b484248"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington SB 5023 (2023-2024) — Concerning roadside safety measures.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5023.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5023.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Wilson — primary (person)
+- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
+- Liias — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-01-26** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-24** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-03-16** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-29** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-03-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-06** Chapter 33, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-04-06** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe829a2e-804d-4383-be0e-aed025ae15fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+