---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing administrative law judges to substitute for pollution control hearings board members in deciding derelict vessel appeals."
description: "Authorizing administrative law judges to substitute for pollution control hearings board members in deciding derelict vessel appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5192"
citation: "Washington SB 5192 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shewmake"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16202dd0-6854-4d9c-9fa6-ca6a76426682"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5192&year=2023"
source_hash: "a4e5e73a5e9273e37322a4da56adc1bd59e6188636a7c8715bd9e43f778d902a"
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 5192 (2023-2024) — Authorizing administrative law judges to substitute for pollution control hearings board members in deciding derelict vessel appeals.

## 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/5192.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5192.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shewmake — primary (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — 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 Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-26** AWNP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** AGNR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 39, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-06** 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/16202dd0-6854-4d9c-9fa6-ca6a76426682`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).