---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the adoption of county critical area ordinances by cities."
description: "Concerning the adoption of county critical area ordinances by cities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5374"
citation: "Washington SB 5374 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a2d982a-64fc-46c7-93c2-4bc95025da8b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5374&year=2023"
source_hash: "4efb07d1be7f8ec5921216920457e6421e1812ab0955891dc9e970882802dc44"
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 5374 (2023-2024) — Concerning the adoption of county critical area ordinances by cities.

## 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/5374.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5374-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5374-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-26** LGLT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (LGLT 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-22** LG - Majority; do pass. `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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 225, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** 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/0a2d982a-64fc-46c7-93c2-4bc95025da8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).