---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving young driver safety."
description: "Improving young driver safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5583"
citation: "Washington SB 5583 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/435d7ed0-6623-4d02-910b-f400a9bc197a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5583&year=2023"
source_hash: "96aa635555d5fa6081488869b62b1244de177d1bfbd4b162b29224dd412ee32e"
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 5583 (2023-2024) — Improving young driver safety.

## 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/5583.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5583-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5583-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5583-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **41–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **38–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-09** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 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** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 38; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 445, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** 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/435d7ed0-6623-4d02-910b-f400a9bc197a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).