---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the response to electric vehicle fires."
description: "Concerning the response to electric vehicle fires."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5812"
citation: "Washington SB 5812 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-07"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7600ea28-c94b-49cc-a779-5edf4b024f5c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5812&year=2023"
source_hash: "54b3f5f6d6b36a24c8aeebb70c8c50a21af89bba0b08b0c2e33446547a14e032"
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 5812 (2023-2024) — Concerning the response to electric vehicle fires.

## 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/5812.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5812-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5812-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Wilson — primary (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- McCune — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-25** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 189, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** 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/7600ea28-c94b-49cc-a779-5edf4b024f5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).