---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preventing use of vapor and tobacco products by minors."
description: "Preventing use of vapor and tobacco products by minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5365"
citation: "Washington SB 5365 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b61aba6c-8d82-40c4-8e3d-611b0742db6e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5365&year=2023"
source_hash: "b7f84657bf7d9f959a0532c2c03dcf03908c94606f1ac19bc2b117ee25dce843"
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 5365 (2023-2024) — Preventing use of vapor and tobacco products by minors.

## 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/5365.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5365-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5365-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5365-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **26–22** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **29–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-14** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** RSG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Regulated Substances & Gaming. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 398, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** 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/b61aba6c-8d82-40c4-8e3d-611b0742db6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).