---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reforming the real estate agency law."
description: "Reforming the real estate agency law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5191"
citation: "Washington SB 5191 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/663fead9-e20f-42db-ba07-c7b637a7bcc9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5191&year=2023"
source_hash: "f756055ded3cd6a0adb3d89f46804215de16ae79534126d1b4f0d0afd2a313d3"
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 5191 (2023-2024) — Reforming the real estate agency law.

## 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/5191.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5191-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5191-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — 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 Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** 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 (LAW 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 Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** CPB - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Consumer Protection & Business. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 318, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/663fead9-e20f-42db-ba07-c7b637a7bcc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).