---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning employee ownership."
description: "Concerning employee ownership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5096"
citation: "Washington SB 5096 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e88e23f6-8d25-469d-970d-91f85d28aa83"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5096&year=2023"
source_hash: "3b24be68309ce65fec389705d530cb06232fe332c39d6fafb6d0f59f9aabb044"
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 5096 (2023-2024) — Concerning employee ownership.

## 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/5096.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5096-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5096-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padden — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-24** BFGT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-16** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted (BFGT 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** ICEV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 392, 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/e88e23f6-8d25-469d-970d-91f85d28aa83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).