---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning transfers of firearms to museums and historical societies."
description: "Concerning transfers of firearms to museums and historical societies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5436"
citation: "Washington SB 5436 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57967c4c-18e2-4b0a-94bb-9e02a42d1a48"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5436&year=2023"
source_hash: "f23c568fd9e6966203e3c059dcaf042ccc4e9fbdc57178850293b1cdaa76afc1"
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 5436 (2023-2024) — Concerning transfers of firearms to museums and historical societies.

## 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/5436.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5436-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5436-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Wilson — primary (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-16** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-01** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 23). `substitution`
- **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 Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Civil Rights & Judiciary. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 403, 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/57967c4c-18e2-4b0a-94bb-9e02a42d1a48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).