---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the voluntary stewardship program."
description: "Concerning the voluntary stewardship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5353"
citation: "Washington SB 5353 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wagoner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/476fa022-41b9-447a-bdb7-891a5cdad296"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5353&year=2023"
source_hash: "a46bfbf8498ad28b92581e25b4be9607cc1c373fcd2eda146877f6eb250cb0f9"
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 5353 (2023-2024) — Concerning the voluntary stewardship program.

## 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/5353.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5353-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5353-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wagoner — primary (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-09** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-10** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2023-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted (AWNP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Chapter 187, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** 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/476fa022-41b9-447a-bdb7-891a5cdad296`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).