---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a programmatic safe harbor agreement on forestlands."
description: "Establishing a programmatic safe harbor agreement on forestlands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5390"
citation: "Washington SB 5390 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shewmake"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f164c253-a189-4888-a03b-646d65da77bd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5390&year=2023"
source_hash: "c7e7952a59563a07038f9b29d27517ab8aafc23034cb9f065fe4c05e147317e0"
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 5390 (2023-2024) — Establishing a programmatic safe harbor agreement on forestlands.

## 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/5390.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5390.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shewmake — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** 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 action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-02** AWNP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **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.
- **2023-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:30 AM.
- **2023-03-22** AGNR - 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`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 119, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** 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/f164c253-a189-4888-a03b-646d65da77bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).