---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring antidiscrimination clauses in public contracting."
description: "Requiring antidiscrimination clauses in public contracting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5186"
citation: "Washington SB 5186 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38f6e42b-6d06-4cd0-a488-98e856b79102"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5186&year=2023"
source_hash: "4d27ade5f5a17b89cf140c0e8e2aa2279152e84de483604e5267ee6f087784b8"
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 5186 (2023-2024) — Requiring antidiscrimination clauses in public contracting.

## 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/5186.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5186-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5186-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5186-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-14** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-22** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2023-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `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** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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`
- **2023-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15** Chapter 468, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-15** 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/38f6e42b-6d06-4cd0-a488-98e856b79102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).