---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding references to contractor registration and licensing laws in workers' compensation, public works, and prevailing wage statutes."
description: "Adding references to contractor registration and licensing laws in workers' compensation, public works, and prevailing wage statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5088"
citation: "Washington SB 5088 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-22"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae99fdc2-dffe-4192-9912-f2e38a329db4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5088&year=2023"
source_hash: "84706f9b49c77943a61e7e388fac880a1b0a1346c190e229e2c5516ff53fcab5"
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 5088 (2023-2024) — Adding references to contractor registration and licensing laws in workers' compensation, public works, and prevailing wage statutes.

## 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/5088.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5088.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-22** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 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.
- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `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`
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Chapter 88, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-14** 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/ae99fdc2-dffe-4192-9912-f2e38a329db4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).