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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors."
+description: "Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 5528"
+citation: "Washington SB 5528 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-23"
+last_action: "2023-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0986fb56-8638-43b5-88af-62630b5873e7"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5528&year=2023"
+source_hash: "9992bf3410971128455aa2d3ac7c81bf0d09e430161db0f19f16dc75967b7817"
+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 5528 (2023-2024) — Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors.
+
+## 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/5528.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5528-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5528-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5528-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stanford — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-23** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-02-14** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-03-28** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2023-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-09** Chapter 373, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-09** 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/0986fb56-8638-43b5-88af-62630b5873e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+