---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing open motor vehicle safety recalls."
description: "Addressing open motor vehicle safety recalls."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5504"
citation: "Washington SB 5504 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3c0500-df9f-4881-91a0-20da7e7a6ae9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5504&year=2023"
source_hash: "7c4efc1d07b94949cdd56ee96719cb1ade0417357ec16989fee5449aba6132d6"
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 5504 (2023-2024) — Addressing open motor vehicle safety recalls.

## 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/5504.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5504-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5504-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-23** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-04** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2023-04-10** 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, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 440, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** Effective date 7/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b3c0500-df9f-4881-91a0-20da7e7a6ae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).