---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding training opportunities for public defense."
description: "Expanding training opportunities for public defense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5780"
citation: "Washington SB 5780 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-04"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd77e10a-25e7-495e-aa14-15c2bf58c1bc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5780&year=2023"
source_hash: "9faf8145c5f91b17791882b0c3493f7d345aeefcb958e19476b450ee67692005"
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 5780 (2023-2024) — Expanding training opportunities for public defense.

## 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/5780.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5780-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5780-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5780-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#61) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torres — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-18** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 293, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** 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/dd77e10a-25e7-495e-aa14-15c2bf58c1bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).