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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reforming the real estate agency law."
+description: "Reforming the real estate agency law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 5191"
+citation: "Washington SB 5191 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-06"
+last_action: "2023-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/663fead9-e20f-42db-ba07-c7b637a7bcc9"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5191&year=2023"
+source_hash: "f756055ded3cd6a0adb3d89f46804215de16ae79534126d1b4f0d0afd2a313d3"
+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 5191 (2023-2024) — Reforming the real estate agency law.
+
+## 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/5191.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5191-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5191-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stanford — primary (person)
+- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
+- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-01-26** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-01-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-10** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-03-21** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-03-22** CPB - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Consumer Protection & Business. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
+- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-04** Chapter 318, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-04** Effective date 1/1/2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/663fead9-e20f-42db-ba07-c7b637a7bcc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+