---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promoting local agriculture through greenhouses."
description: "Promoting local agriculture through greenhouses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5508"
citation: "Washington SB 5508 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/126fff97-4fff-4443-b98d-88e312fe9f55"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5508&year=2023"
source_hash: "3d4ed6b4f7025bc59668d327c9801172fa11c0b9ab2d1741a32256c6b9a97364"
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 5508 (2023-2024) — Promoting local agriculture through greenhouses.

## 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/5508.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5508.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-27** SGE - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2023-01-27** And refer to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-16** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2024-01-11** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-11** AWNP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-12** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-17** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-16** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 19, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/126fff97-4fff-4443-b98d-88e312fe9f55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).