---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning work performed by institutions of higher education."
description: "Concerning work performed by institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5385"
citation: "Washington SB 5385 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14011bfd-b0a3-48a1-83be-a06f5f0d6b0b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5385&year=2023"
source_hash: "938820ef8d76aa662996f694195c005e77327c6f336aa25b072cfa5ff26bf916"
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 5385 (2023-2024) — Concerning work performed by institutions of higher education.

## 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/5385.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5385.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-01** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-01** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-08** 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 Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Capital Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-03-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-03-31** CB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Chapter 97, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-14** 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/14011bfd-b0a3-48a1-83be-a06f5f0d6b0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).