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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records."
+description: "Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5863"
+citation: "Washington SB 5863 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kauffman"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-12-10"
+last_action: "2026-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e57fdda-9a8c-488c-9946-009446bfb221"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5863&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "ddc9cb9cbfc372c64706058f200b1de9925dab8836638dd01daf37ca2b2e798e"
+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 5863 (2025-2026) — Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records.
+
+## 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/5863.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5863.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kauffman — primary (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
+- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
+- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-01-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-01-16** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-16** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-01-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-06** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-20** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2026-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-24** Chapter 208, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-24** 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/7e57fdda-9a8c-488c-9946-009446bfb221`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+