---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing vehicles or combinations of vehicles carrying farm products to exceed total gross weight limits by two thousand pounds."
description: "Authorizing vehicles or combinations of vehicles carrying farm products to exceed total gross weight limits by two thousand pounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5883"
citation: "Washington SB 5883 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "AGRICULTURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "FARMS AND FARMING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afaef2a8-6a56-4c3f-9448-1edf86ffc17f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5883&year=2019"
source_hash: "2b1b48611ede360b060968b6f576abe85ff1d69e923ece041fec507ff258e6d2"
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 5883 (2019-2020) — Authorizing vehicles or combinations of vehicles carrying farm products to exceed total gross weight limits by two thousand pounds.

## 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/5883.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5883-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-27** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-08** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-27** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-27** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 439, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T19:30:00+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/afaef2a8-6a56-4c3f-9448-1edf86ffc17f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).