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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the capital budget."
+description: "Concerning the capital budget."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 5949"
+citation: "Washington SB 5949 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mullet"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-03"
+last_action: "2024-03-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe789182-23a2-4669-ac52-d3b1d132aca6"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5949&year=2023"
+source_hash: "8a50ca6f06b2870922c2de37878482cfccb59b021ce4a59cbae29f2412034476"
+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 5949 (2023-2024) — Concerning the capital budget.
+
+## 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/5949.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5949-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5949-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5949-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mullet — primary (person)
+- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-19** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2024-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-22** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
+- **2024-02-22** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2024-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-23** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2024-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2024-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-29** Chapter 375, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-29** Effective date 3/29/2024*. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe789182-23a2-4669-ac52-d3b1d132aca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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