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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings."
+description: "Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5156"
+citation: "Washington SB 5156 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Salomon"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-07"
+last_action: "2026-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26157255-b88e-4719-b51b-6c8a871b8110"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5156&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "3356a9ed3e71589500cbeaf4090f287cd72905644e22d2f93d1ee0845a7ee244"
+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 5156 (2025-2026) — Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5156.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5156-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5156-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5156-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **41–7** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **42–6** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **41–6** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#30) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Salomon — primary (person)
+- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
+- Liias — cosponsor (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-01-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-01-24** HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-01-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-01-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSG 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-24** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-27** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
+- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2026-01-21** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended.
+- **2026-02-13** Returned to second reading for amendment.
+- **2026-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-23** HOUS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 41; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-23** Chapter 145, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26157255-b88e-4719-b51b-6c8a871b8110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+