---
type: "Bill"
title: "Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants."
description: "Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5229"
citation: "Washington SB 5229 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ac6cc1b-bd4a-4134-843f-a96153835c7a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5229&year=2023"
source_hash: "e56c11544528f80d8b59be468d631723bdb6feaa83a7aca15b0b51937193617f"
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 5229 (2023-2024) — Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants.

## 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/5229.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5229-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5229-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frame — primary (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-19** BFGT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-07** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-15** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-03-15** ICEV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Capital Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-03-31** CB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** 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 93, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-14** 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/4ac6cc1b-bd4a-4134-843f-a96153835c7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).