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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishing an artificial intelligence task force."
+description: "Establishing an artificial intelligence task force."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 5838"
+citation: "Washington SB 5838 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-12-12"
+last_action: "2024-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fee30509-2039-413a-af41-1b655d90ce18"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5838&year=2023"
+source_hash: "e594fc0be449977822f1941844221969ac05443d4b67bbb2328fb58fe549c57c"
+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 5838 (2023-2024) — Establishing an artificial intelligence task force.
+
+## 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/5838.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5838-S2.E.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5838-S2.htm)
+4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5838-S2.PL.htm)
+5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5838-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#29) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#40) — **68–28** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nguyen — primary (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
+- Liias — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
+- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Torres — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-12** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-01-19** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2024-01-19** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-01-22** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2024-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
+- **2024-02-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-10** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-21** CPB - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Consumer Protection & Business. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
+- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2024-03-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-18** Chapter 163, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-18** Effective date 3/18/2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fee30509-2039-413a-af41-1b655d90ce18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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