---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving access to department of licensing issued documents by clarifying the application requirements for a minor, modifying the requirements for at-cost identicards, and studying the feasibility of reduced-fee identicards."
description: "Improving access to department of licensing issued documents by clarifying the application requirements for a minor, modifying the requirements for at-cost identicards, and studying the feasibility of reduced-fee identicards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5800"
citation: "Washington SB 5800 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-05"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eb77630-ca27-48cc-a5a1-d7eb929a4372"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5800&year=2023"
source_hash: "952e524a26e79d217875c7db9737cc7c01bcc61252368aa765e6bf1910799904"
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 5800 (2023-2024) — Improving access to department of licensing issued documents by clarifying the application requirements for a minor, modifying the requirements for at-cost identicards, and studying the feasibility of reduced-fee identicards.

## 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/5800.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5800.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-18** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-24** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-21** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-18** Chapter 162, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-18** Effective date 1/1/2025*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eb77630-ca27-48cc-a5a1-d7eb929a4372`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).