---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the expiration date of the law enforcement community engagement grant project."
description: "Extending the expiration date of the law enforcement community engagement grant project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5561"
citation: "Washington SB 5561 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e81a9b81-2184-4dd0-bf45-7e2c3ad22731"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5561&year=2023"
source_hash: "fa714cbbe7629c8708583d8dd1486a6b127647d45b1ba7f63b8d724dc36844b6"
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 5561 (2023-2024) — Extending the expiration date of the law enforcement community engagement grant project.

## 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/5561.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5561-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5561-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** 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`
- **2023-02-09** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Law & Justice. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-22** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Chapter 189, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** 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/e81a9b81-2184-4dd0-bf45-7e2c3ad22731`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).