---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing interstate cannabis agreements."
description: "Allowing interstate cannabis agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5069"
citation: "Washington SB 5069 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b98e6aa-7a43-4bc8-95b5-7ed885226063"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5069&year=2023"
source_hash: "86242ed4495549e7981ea0e7631e98aa9bad85d2b605af5c8b1efeac0a25e82b"
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 5069 (2023-2024) — Allowing interstate cannabis agreements.

## 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/5069.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5069.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **38–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **40–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rivers — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-17** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-17** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** RSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 38; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 264, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date Contingent**. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b98e6aa-7a43-4bc8-95b5-7ed885226063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).