---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning a study on the recycling of wind turbine blades."
description: "Concerning a study on the recycling of wind turbine blades."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5287"
citation: "Washington SB 5287 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Wilson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27620d9d-a09f-4ff9-8981-9d9c8c47b3e0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5287&year=2023"
source_hash: "f4fea72e44247715ad937106a4d197e997d451e5f65760629d8ebb0cfb0a14e6"
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 5287 (2023-2024) — Concerning a study on the recycling of wind turbine blades.

## 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/5287.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5287.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Wilson — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-27** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-21** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `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`
- **2023-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** 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 324, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/27620d9d-a09f-4ff9-8981-9d9c8c47b3e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).