---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for officers of employee-owned cooperatives."
description: "Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for officers of employee-owned cooperatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5176"
citation: "Washington SB 5176 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ff8a63d-aafa-4fbe-94aa-9e8aa543e58f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5176&year=2023"
source_hash: "8d042739426c1971bbadf7da6427a5a6d504260aee723e52e8d085de9ca9161c"
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 5176 (2023-2024) — Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for officers of employee-owned cooperatives.

## 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/5176.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5176-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5176-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-24** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-24** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** 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 92, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-14** 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/4ff8a63d-aafa-4fbe-94aa-9e8aa543e58f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).