---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preventing the destruction of electric vehicle charging equipment."
description: "Preventing the destruction of electric vehicle charging equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5542"
citation: "Washington SB 5542 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01ef758d-aef3-4cc9-9123-e9c064cf1f57"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5542&year=2023"
source_hash: "5e80d24bfd0c556ac08aecff0d8d0b4060c9c33e93912cc4a81ab5de9ddf4af9"
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 5542 (2023-2024) — Preventing the destruction of electric vehicle charging equipment.

## 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/5542.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5542-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5542-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Wilson — primary (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-09** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 23). `substitution`
- **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 Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** CPB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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 125, 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/01ef758d-aef3-4cc9-9123-e9c064cf1f57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).