---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recognizing contributions of Americans of Chinese descent. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Recognizing contributions of Chinese Americans and Americans of Chinese descent.)"
description: "Recognizing contributions of Americans of Chinese descent. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Recognizing contributions of Chinese Americans and Americans of Chinese descent.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5000"
citation: "Washington SB 5000 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wagoner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31b307fa-850e-470a-ba32-1661c8341936"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5000&year=2023"
source_hash: "0102602d7ced918522f310f2bbe9adc71b673647ef144348a93592ad9f4542af"
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 5000 (2023-2024) — Recognizing contributions of Americans of Chinese descent. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Recognizing contributions of Chinese Americans and Americans of Chinese descent.)

## 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/5000.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5000.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **94–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wagoner — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-13** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 357, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31b307fa-850e-470a-ba32-1661c8341936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).