---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations."
description: "Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5187"
citation: "Washington SB 5187 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/291f6e5d-0e95-44a8-8c1c-58ff822ebb5a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5187&year=2023"
source_hash: "6df4c84b75124f8e972104de093b7277e181c20f6eede7c162ffb41b48da207b"
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 5187 (2023-2024) — Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.

## 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/5187.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5187-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5187-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5187-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#32) — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- 549 Stokesbary Pg 409 Ln 30 (#9) — **44–53** (fail) · lower
- 551 Chambers Pg 247 Ln 27 (#7) — **44–53** (fail) · lower
- 545 Abbarno Pg 140 Ln 11 (#6) — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- 525 Schmick Pg 367 Ln 36 (#8) — **44–53** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- 538 Corry Pg 85 Ln 12 (#5) — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- 546 Rude Pg 13 Ln 22 (#2) — **42–54** (fail) · lower
- 534 Walsh Pg 36 Ln 17 (#3) — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **40–9** (pass) · upper
- 529 Stokesbary Pg 434 Ln 32 (#10) — **43–54** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#1) — **58–40** (pass) · lower
- 531 Steele Pg 85 Ln 12 (#4) — **42–55** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — 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 Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:00 PM.
- **2023-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-27** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2023-04-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House for conference thereon.
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee appointed. Senators Rolfes, Robinson, Wilson, L..
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee request granted.
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Ormsby, Bergquist, Stokesbary.
- **2023-04-22** Conference committee report; received 1:09 PM 4/22/2023.
- **2023-04-22** Conference committee report; received 2:15 PM 4/22/2023.
- **2023-04-23** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2023-04-23** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- **2023-04-23** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2023-04-23** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- **2023-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-16** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-05-16** Chapter 475, 2023 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2023-05-16** Effective date 5/16/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/291f6e5d-0e95-44a8-8c1c-58ff822ebb5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).