---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a state commercial aviation coordinating commission."
description: "Creating a state commercial aviation coordinating commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5370"
citation: "Washington SB 5370 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "AERONAUTICS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01adb154-e5f4-46d8-bc32-1a41513a7448"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5370&year=2019"
source_hash: "153d335a6da29e9931047246803d56dff5011d37a20a76451de1641ea88380e9"
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 5370 (2019-2020) — Creating a state commercial aviation coordinating commission.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5370.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5370-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#19) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-18** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-16** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-23** House insists on its position and asks Senate for a conference.
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Dent, Fey, Orwall.
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee request granted.
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee appointed. Senators Keiser, Saldaña, Warnick.
- **2019-04-25** Conference committee report; received 5:10 PM 4/25/2019.
- **2019-04-25** Conference committee report; received 5:14 PM 4/25/2019.
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2019-04-26** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- **2019-04-27** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2019-04-27** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 396, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01adb154-e5f4-46d8-bc32-1a41513a7448`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).