---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reassessing standards for polychlorinated biphenyls in consumer products."
description: "Reassessing standards for polychlorinated biphenyls in consumer products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5369"
citation: "Washington SB 5369 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billig"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9335aeb9-5f90-419d-b83c-a172b23c8456"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5369&year=2023"
source_hash: "72c99f8b5519475426942280eb8b51b6132eac8f34d61d5be42b5d5707390186"
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 5369 (2023-2024) — Reassessing standards for polychlorinated biphenyls in consumer products.

## 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/5369.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5369.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#33) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#44) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Billig — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-07** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **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. `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** 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 Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Environment & Energy. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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`
- **2023-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2023-04-14** House receded from amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2023-04-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2023-04-22** House receded from amendments.
- **2023-04-22** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2023-04-22** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-23** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 399, 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/9335aeb9-5f90-419d-b83c-a172b23c8456`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).