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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the department of veterans affairs."
+description: "Concerning the department of veterans affairs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 5323"
+citation: "Washington SB 5323 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["MacEwen"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-12"
+last_action: "2023-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86be74db-864d-42b7-b500-2e26e3947166"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5323&year=2023"
+source_hash: "c037888dd92c0f2b371862673132a6ca7a0061f8dcbf14325fdcf1b6ddcd62a4"
+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 5323 (2023-2024) — Concerning the department of veterans affairs.
+
+## 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/5323.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5323.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- MacEwen — primary (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
+- Randall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-03** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-17** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-03-15** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 9:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-15** ICEV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-17** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-04** Chapter 327, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-04** 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/86be74db-864d-42b7-b500-2e26e3947166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+