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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Expanding and improving the social equity in cannabis program."
+description: "Expanding and improving the social equity in cannabis program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 5080"
+citation: "Washington SB 5080 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-12-21"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2991122-fd63-443b-9d03-bd4ae9c70405"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5080&year=2023"
+source_hash: "77fe8a762569fc6c7257633afd665c6e5c05af5f087505fdf3a167cdd4bc5464"
+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 5080 (2023-2024) — Expanding and improving the social equity in cannabis program.
+
+## 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/5080.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5080-S2.E.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5080-S2.htm)
+4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5080-S2.PL.htm)
+5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5080-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **32–15** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **31–16** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — **60–38** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Saldaña — primary (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
+- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-12-21** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-01-26** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-01-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-01-31** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-01-31** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-01-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-02-01** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-20** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-03-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-03-20** RSG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-03-23** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-04-01** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2023-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Regulated Substances & Gaming. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2023-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 31; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 220, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-01** 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/b2991122-fd63-443b-9d03-bd4ae9c70405`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+