---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis."
description: "Concerning the employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5123"
citation: "Washington SB 5123 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-12-30"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/993a0bbc-2d56-4572-8780-8c1a4eca6d3e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5123&year=2023"
source_hash: "f80ab91fd65c00186ae04b42c28160820f09410271e58081219ae454e3a4f46a"
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 5123 (2023-2024) — Concerning the employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis.

## 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/5123.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5123-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5123-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5123-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **57–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-30** 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.
- **2023-01-26** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-31** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Committee amendment adopted and floor amendment(s) also adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2023-04-18** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2023-04-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 359, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** Effective date 1/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/993a0bbc-2d56-4572-8780-8c1a4eca6d3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).